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Manuscript Number: CER 656 10
Manuscript Title: Noninvasive assessment of systolic pulmonary artery pressure in systemic lupus erythematosus: retrospective analysis of 93 patients
Authors (list all authors in order of authorship: E. Foïs, V. Le Guern, A. Dupuy, M. Humbert, L. Mouthon, L. Guillevin

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