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The Role of Sex in the Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Hypertension.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2000
Docherty Craig K, Harvey Katie Yates, Mair Kirsty M, Griffin Sinead, Denver Nina, MacLean Margaret R
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease characterised by increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery remodelling as result of increased vascular tone and vascular cell proliferation, respectively. Eventually, this leads to right heart failure. Heritable PAH is caused by a mutation in the bone morphogenetic protein receptor-II (BMPR-II). Female susceptibility to PAH has been...
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