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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2019;30(2):90-3
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Connective Tissue Disorders: The emerging role of screening and early diagnosis. A position paper for Greek Rheumatologists
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1Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Athens, Greece

2Attikon University Hospital, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, Athens, Greece

34th Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

4AHEPA University General Hospital, Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece

5Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece

6Department of Thoracic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece

7Department of Cardiology, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece

8Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

9First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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