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Review Article| Volume 19, ISSUE 1, P89-96, January 2023

Genetics of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

  • Christina A. Eichstaedt
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, Heidelberg 69126, Germany.
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    Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, Heidelberg 69126, Germany

    Laboratory for Molecular Genetic Diagnostics, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, Heidelberg 69120, Germany

    Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Nicola Benjamin
    Affiliations
    Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, Heidelberg 69126, Germany

    Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Ding Cao
    Affiliations
    Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, Heidelberg 69126, Germany

    Laboratory for Molecular Genetic Diagnostics, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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  • Eglė Palevičiūtė
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    Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Santariskiu-2, Vilnius 08661, Lithuania
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  • Ekkehard Grünig
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    Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, Heidelberg 69126, Germany

    Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
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