Pulmonary Hypertension Complicating Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
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Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
Although rare in its idiopathic form, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is not uncommon in association with various associated medical conditions, most notably connective tissue disease (CTD). In particular, it develops in approximately 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis and so these patients are increasingly screened to enable early detection. The response of patients with systemic sc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.347