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Therapeutic potential of endothelin receptor modulators: lessons from human clinical trials

John-David Aubert Attending Physician, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Pneumology Division, Lausanne, Switzerland
, MD Privat Docent MER &
Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret Senior Tenured Lecturer, University Institute of Pathology, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), rue du Bugnon 25, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland +41 21 314 7173; +41 21 314 7115; [email protected]
, PhD MER Privat Docent
Pages 1069-1084 | Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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