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Pages 36-40 (January 2009)
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Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Tratamiento combinado de la hipertensión arterial pulmonar
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Antonio Román Broto
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Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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