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Relative systemic hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease

 Am J Hematol. 2008 83(1):15-8

Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with fenfluramine exposure

Eur Respir J 2008; 31:343-348

Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with fenfluramine exposure: report of 109 cases

Pulmonary hypertension associated with sickle cell disease

Am J Hematol. 2008 Jan;83(1):19-25.

Pulmonary hypertension associated with sickle cell disease: clinical and laboratory endpoints and disease outcomes.

De Castro LM, Jonassaint JC, Graham FL, Ashley-Koch A, Telen MJ.

Duke Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and Division of Hematology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

Genetic ablation of the BMPR2 gene in pulmonary endothelium is sufficient to predispose to pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Circulation. 2008 Aug 12;118(7):722-30. Epub 2008 Jul 28.Click here to read

Genetic ablation of the BMPR2 gene in pulmonary endothelium is sufficient to predispose to pulmonary arterial hypertension.