Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease as a primary cause of pulmonary hypertension in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1163-1165

  Zhang, Lizhi ^a   Visscher, Daniel ^a   Rihal, Charanjit ^a   Aubry, Marie Christine ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed connective tissue disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary veno occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANTIBODIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 34548503155     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0362-1     Document Type: Article

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