Pulmonary hypertension in children and young adults with sickle cell disease
INTRODUCTION: Primary pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease that is characterized by restricted blood flow in the pulmonary vasculature, resulting in an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) (McLaughlin et al., 2009). Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), a monogenic bloo...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17027 |