A case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease associated with systemic sclerosis

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-385

  Saito, Akira ^a   Takizawa, Hajime ^a   Ito, Koji ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Oka, Teruaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen disease; Prednisolone; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary veno occlusive disease; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141625085     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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