Developing treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-159

  Wilkins, Martin R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug development; Drug targets; Early phase clinical trials; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902161742     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.109961     Document Type: Article

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