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Macitentan for the treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (MERIT-1): results from the multicentre, phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Paper Information

Record ID:
52985
Author(s):
Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani
Gérald Simonneau
Andrea M D'Armini
Peter Fedullo
Luke S Howard
Xavier Jaïs
David P Jenkins
Zhi-Cheng Jing
Michael M Madani
Nicolas Martin
Eckhard Mayer
Kelly Papadakis
Dominik Richard
Nick H Kim
MERIT study investigators
Journal:
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ( Elsevier )
Publication Date:
September 29, 2017
Retraction Date:
March 26, 2024 (1.7 year years ago)
Subjects:
Broad Categories:
Medicine
Institutions:
Countries:
🇨🇳 China 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States
Article Type:
Clinical Study
Publisher:
Elsevier
Open Access:
Yes
DOI:
10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30305-3
PubMed ID:
28919201
Retraction PubMed ID:
38552648

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Retraction

Retraction Notice:
10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00029-8
Additional Notes:

see: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213260024000274

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