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N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in a novel screening algorithm for pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: a case-control study

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a major cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has emerged as a candidate biomarker that may enable the early detection of systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH). Th...

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Autores principales: Thakkar, Vivek, Stevens, Wendy M, Prior, David, Moore, Owen A, Byron, Jillian, Liew, Danny, Patterson, Karen, Hissaria, Pravin, Roddy, Janet, Zochling, Jane, Sahhar, Joanne, Nash, Peter, Tymms, Kathleen, Celermajer, David, Gabbay, Eli, Youssef, Peter, Proudman, Susanna M, Nikpour, Mandana
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/PMC3446526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22691291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3876