The value of transfer factor in interpreting walking distance in patients with SScl-PAH

C. Billings, L. Smith, C. Elliot, R. Condliffe, I. Armstrong, C. Billings, D. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pulmonary hypertension I
Session: Pulmonary hypertension I
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1005
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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