Genetics of systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: recent progress and current concepts.

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although there are screening tests for PAH, such as carbon monoxide diffusing capacity and Doppler echocardiography, these tests are far from perfect, patients are still identified late in the course of disease, and the underlying mechanisms of SSc-associated PAH are poorly understood. Understanding the genetic...

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