Muscle function and physical activity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH)

B. Garfield, L. Parfitt, C. Harries, P. Marino, R. Alonso-Gonzalez, K. Dimopoulos, P. Kemp, M. Polkey, S. J. Wort (London, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Pulmonary hypertension: clinical management
Session: Pulmonary hypertension: clinical management
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2378
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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B. Garfield, L. Parfitt, C. Harries, P. Marino, R. Alonso-Gonzalez, K. Dimopoulos, P. Kemp, M. Polkey, S. J. Wort (London, United Kingdom). Muscle function and physical activity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). Eur Respir J 2014; 44: Suppl. 58, 2378

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