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Disease vasculitis
Phenotype C0020542|pulmonary hypertension
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PubMedID- 21816089 Under the working diagnosis of medium-sized vessel vasculitis with moderate pulmonary hypertension as a consequence, the patient was treated with intravenous gamma globulin (2 g/kg) for two days, intravenous prednisolone (35 mg/day) and cyclophosphamide (750 mg/m2, once per month, 12 pulses), sildenafil (40 mg/day) and bosentan (125 mg/day).
PubMedID- 24524110 Only large vessel vasculitis is associated with pulmonary hypertension; primary forms include takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis.

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