Insights on the epigenetic mechanisms underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), characterized by localized increased arterial blood pressure in the lungs, is a slow developing long-term disease that can be fatal. PAH is characterized by inflammation, vascular tone imbalance, pathological pulmonary vascular remodeling, and right-sided heart...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2018-10-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018001200301&lng=en&tlng=en |