Reversal of Nocturnal Periodic Breathing in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension after Lung Transplantation

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Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 344-347

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Fegbeutel, Christine ^a   Olschewski, Horst ^a   Rose, Frank ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^b   Seeger, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Periodic breathing; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ILOPROST; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642534549     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.1.344     Document Type: Article

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