Could platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) predict adverse event in pulmonary hypertension?

R. Quarck, H. Durand, E. Ninio, M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium; Paris, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Experimental pulmonary hypertension
Session: Experimental pulmonary hypertension
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3331
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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