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Practice Guideline
. 2014 Nov;11(9):1488-9.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201408-405CME.

Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease

Margaret M Hayes  1 , Amar Vedamurthy, Gautam George, Raed Dweik, Elizabeth S Klings, Roberto F Machado, Mark T Gladwin, Kevin C Wilson, Carey C Thomson; American Thoracic Society Implementation Task Force
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Practice Guideline

Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease

Margaret M Hayes et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Nov.
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