Uric Acid as a Potential Biomarker of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
β Scribed by Keval Joshi; Fatima Anjum; Satish Gowda; Dushyant Damania; Suzette Graham-Hill; Peter Gillette; Joe Zein; Ghassan Jamaleddine; Spiro Demetis; Raj Wadgaonkar
- Book ID
- 107645408
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0971-4502
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