Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 587-595 , June 2007

Eisenmenger syndrome and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: do parenchymal lung changes reflect aetiology?

Received 19 August 2006 ,Revised 30 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 January 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00068-2

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.01.013

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 6 , Pages 587-595 , June 2007

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