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Clinical implications of determining BMPR2 mutation status in a large cohort of children and adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Jun 2008
Rosenzweig Erika B, Morse Jane H, Knowles James A, Chada Kiran K, Khan Amar M, Roberts Kari E, McElroy Jude J, Juskiw Nicole K, Mallory Nicole C, Rich Stuart, Diamond Beverly, Barst Robyn J
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BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2 (BMPR2) mutations occur in idiopathic and familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH, FPAH); however, the impact of these mutations on clinical assessment and disease severity remains unclear. We investigated the role of BMPR2 mutations o...
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