EIF2AK4 mutations cause pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, a recessive form of pulmonary hypertension

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Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive DiseasePulmonary hypertensionBiologyCompound heterozygosityDiseasePulmonary function testingMutationPathologyInternal medicineGeneticsGeneMedicine

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 46
Issue: 1
Pages: 65-69
Citations: 439
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                                    Mélanie Eyries, 
                                
                                    David Montani, 
                                
                                    Barbara Girerd
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            EIF2AK4 mutations cause pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, a recessive form of pulmonary hypertension. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 46
                            (1)
                            , 65-69.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2844
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng.2844