Autopsy case of systemic sclerosis with severe pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 769-772

  Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Yamanaka, Masayoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Chie ^a   Nakano, Akihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Yuko ^a   Yokoo, Hideaki ^a   Nakazato, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Pulmonary hypertension; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SKIN ULCER; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 35648938213     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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