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Placenta growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor B expression in the hypoxic lung

BACKGROUND: Chronic alveolar hypoxia, due to residence at high altitude or chronic obstructive lung diseases, leads to pulmonary hypertension, which may be further complicated by right heart failure, increasing morbidity and mortality. In the non-diseased lung, angiogenesis occurs in chronic hypoxia...

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Autores principales: Sands, Michelle, Howell, Katherine, Costello, Christine M, McLoughlin, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-17