Genetics and pulmonary hypertension

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 284S-286S

  Loyd, James E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell surface receptors; Epidemiology; Genetics; Germ line mutation; Hemodynamics; Linkage; Protein serine threonine kinases; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

CHROMOSOME 2Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0036933027     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6_suppl.284S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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