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Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Letter to the Editors

CT-proET1 predicts pulmonary hemodynamics in Scleroderma-associated pulmonary hypertension

Authors: Henrik ten Freyhaus, Daniel Dumitrescu, Sonja Schnorbach, Kai Kappert, Thomas Viethen, Martin Hellmich, Nicolas Hunzelmann, Stephan Rosenkranz

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 6/2015

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Metadata
Title
CT-proET1 predicts pulmonary hemodynamics in Scleroderma-associated pulmonary hypertension
Authors
Henrik ten Freyhaus
Daniel Dumitrescu
Sonja Schnorbach
Kai Kappert
Thomas Viethen
Martin Hellmich
Nicolas Hunzelmann
Stephan Rosenkranz
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-015-0825-4

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