Toward Harnessing Sex Steroid Signaling as a Therapeutic Target in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Tim Lahm^{1

2}, Andrea L Frump¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Occupational and Sleep Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana.
² 2 Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center Indianapolis, Indiana.

Comment

Tim Lahm et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017.

. 2017 Feb 1;195(3):284-286.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1906ED.

Tim Lahm^{1

2}, Andrea L Frump¹

¹ 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Occupational and Sleep Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana.
² 2 Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Anastrozole in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial.
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