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Narrative review: the enigma of pulmonary arterial hypertension: new insights from genetic studies.
Annals of internal medicine - 19 Feb 2008
Newman John H, Phillips John A, Loyd James E
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs as an idiopathic disease (formerly called primary pulmonary hypertension) and as a consequence of other illnesses. These illnesses include connective tissue diseases, portal hypertension, diet and stimulant drug use, HIV infection, and congenital heart disease. Inherited susceptibility to PAH occurs in families and is almost always due to mutations in genes of the...
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