Von Recklinghausen disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1606-1608

  Aoki, Yoshinori ^a   Kodama, Makoto ^a   Mezaki, Toru ^a   Ogawa, Ryuji ^b   Sato, Masahito ^b   Okabe, Masaaki ^b   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epoprostenol; Neurofibromatosis; Plasma brain natriuretic peptide; Pulmonary hypertension; Vasculopathy; Von Recklinghausen disease

Indexed keywords

BERAPROST; DIURETIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTACYCLIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0034934303     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.5.1606     Document Type: Article

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