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EIF2AK4 mutation in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: A case report and review of the literature.
Medicine - 1 Sept 2016
Liang Li, Ma Guofeng, Chen Kai, Liu Yangxiang, Wu Xiaohong, Ying Kejing, Zhang Ruifeng
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare and devastating cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension with a non-specific clinical presentation and a relatively specific presentation in high-resolution thoracic CT scan images. Definitive diagnosis is made by histological examination in previous. According to the 2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines, detection of a mutation in the eukaryotic translation...
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