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Viera Povysilová

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Czech physician.

Biography of Viera Povysilová

Viera Povysilová is a teacher at the department of pathology and molecular medicine, Charles University (Univerzita Karlova) in Prague.

Bibliography

  • Václav Hampl, Jana Bíbová, Ivana Ostádalová, Viera Povysilová, and Jan Herget:
    Gender differences in the long-term effects of perinatal hypoxia on pulmonary circulation in rats.
    American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Washington, August 2003, 285: 386-392.

  • Jan Herget, Jana Novotná, Jana Bíbová, Viera Povysilová, Marie Vanková, and Václav Hampl:
    Metalloproteinase inhibition by Batimastat attenuates pulmonary hypertension in chronically hypoxic rats.
    American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Washington, July 2003, 285: 199-208.

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