Improving patient outcomes in pulmonary hypertension.
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Affiliations: Dept of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine-DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Hôpital Universitaire de Bicêtre, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society
دوره 24 138 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015