Enhanced hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in families of adults or children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Volumn 128, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 630S-633S

  Grünig, Ekkehard ^a,c   Dehnert, Christoph ^a   Mereles, Derliz ^a   Koehler, Rolf ^a   Olschewski, Horst ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^a   Janssen, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 30144436179     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.6_suppl.630S-a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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