The nutritional supplement N-acetylcysteine (NAC) may have immunomodulatory and cardioprotective properties, which can potentially benefit pulmonary hypertension patients, according…
PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
PatrĂcia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites. PatrĂcia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.
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Articles by PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
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Québec Makes Adempas Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Available To Public
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Researchers Reveal New Insights Into Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Causes, Treatment Options
There is a basic difference between pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults and in children. In the former case,…
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