Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in Dutch Caucasian patients is not associated with human herpes virus-8 infection

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 854-856

  Bresser, Paul ^a   Cornelissen, Marion I ^b   van der Bij, Wim ^c   van Noesel, Carel J M ^b   Timens, Wim ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human herpes virus 8; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; Infection; Pathogenesis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 33847290952     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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