RE: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Use of Phentermine?
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RE: Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Use of Phentermine?
• The authors have no financial conflicts of interest. which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1 reported a case of a 29 year-old obese woman who was hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and a history of having tak-en phentermine hydrochloride 37.5 milligrams daily for 35 days. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Yonsei Medical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0513-5796
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.5.869