Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease is highly prevalent in scleroderma patients undergoing lung transplantation

Shikha Gupta, Aman Gupta, Sofiya Rehman, Iclal Ocak, Robyn T. Domsic, Frank Schneider, M. Patricia George

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (1) 00168-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00168-2018
Journal Issue: February
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Pulmonary vascular diseases

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