Mutation in BMPR2 Promoter: A ‘Second Hit’ for Manifestation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?

• Rebecca Rodríguez Viales ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rebecca Rodríguez Viales, Christina A. Eichstaedt

  Affiliations University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for pulmonary hypertension of the Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg University, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Christina A. Eichstaedt ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rebecca Rodríguez Viales, Christina A. Eichstaedt

  Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for pulmonary hypertension of the Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Nicola Ehlken,

  Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for pulmonary hypertension of the Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Christine Fischer,

  Affiliation Heidelberg University, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Mona Lichtblau,

  Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for pulmonary hypertension of the Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Ekkehard Grünig,

  Affiliation University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for pulmonary hypertension of the Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Katrin Hinderhofer

  * E-mail: Katrin.Hinderhofer@med.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliation Heidelberg University, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany

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