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Genetic influences on right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study examined genetic variations in mediators of vascular remodelling and their association with PH in patients with COPD. In patients with COPD, we genotyped 7 SNPs in 6 candidate PH gen...

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Autores principales: Shaw, Janet G, Dent, Annette G, Passmore, Linda H, Burstow, Darryl J, Bowman, Rayleen V, Zimmerman, Paul V, Fong, Kwun M, Yang, Ian A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22695028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-25