Anorectic drugs and pulmonary hypertension from the bedside to the bench.

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Published in Am J Med Sci on April 01, 2001

Authors

E D Michelakis1, E K Weir

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. emichela@cha.ab.ca

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