Mutation Analysis of BMPR2 and other Genes in Japanese Patients with Pediatric Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Maya Fujiwara
Search for more papers by this authorTsutomu Saji
Search for more papers by this authorTomotaka Nakayama
Search for more papers by this authorKaoru Akimoto
Search for more papers by this authorMichiko Furutani
Search for more papers by this authorShinichiro Imamura
Search for more papers by this authorAtsuyoshi Takao
Search for more papers by this authorMakoto Nakazawa
Search for more papers by this authorRumiko Matsuoka
Search for more papers by this authorMaya Fujiwara
Search for more papers by this authorTsutomu Saji
Search for more papers by this authorTomotaka Nakayama
Search for more papers by this authorKaoru Akimoto
Search for more papers by this authorMichiko Furutani
Search for more papers by this authorShinichiro Imamura
Search for more papers by this authorAtsuyoshi Takao
Search for more papers by this authorMakoto Nakazawa
Search for more papers by this authorRumiko Matsuoka
Search for more papers by this authorD. Woodrow Benson MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Cardiovascular Genetics, Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Search for more papers by this authorDeepak Srivastava MD
Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects, Joel B. Steinberg, M.D. Chair in Pediatrics Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Search for more papers by this authorMakoto Nakazawa MD
Professor and Head, Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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