Delayed development of pulmonary hypertension in mixed connective tissue disease

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-

  Greidinger, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 22144435853     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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