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Editorial
. 2025 Aug;73(2):168-169.
doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2025-0040ED.

Breathing New Life into Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment: Targeting Serotonin Synthesis with an Inhalation Approach

Michael H Lee  1 , Rahul Kumar  1
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Editorial

Breathing New Life into Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment: Targeting Serotonin Synthesis with an Inhalation Approach

Michael H Lee et al. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2025 Aug.
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