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Advisers weigh Viagra's use to treat disorder in kids
WASHINGTON - A form of Viagra, sold as the blood-pressure treatment called Revatio in adults, may be used for children with a rare lung disorder if federal regulators can agree on how to test it.
The condition, called pulmonary arterial hypertension, affects only 600 children a year, said New York-based Pfizer Inc., which makes the drugs. The disorder causes high blood pressure in arteries...
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