Reversible pulmonary hypertension associated with vitamin C deficiency

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-227

  Kupari, Markku ^a   Rapola, Janne ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; PREDNISONE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PURPURA; SCURVY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN NODULE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VASCULITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84863797941     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1857     Document Type: Article

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