Pulmonary, vascular responses in rats exposed to chronic hypobaric hypoxia at two different altitude levels

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1057-1067

  Nakanishi, K ^a,b   Tajima, F ^a   Osada, H ^a   Nakamura, A ^a   Yagura, S ^a   Kawai, T ^b   Suzuki, M ^b   Torikata, C ^b  

^a Aeromedical Laboratory   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypobaric hypoxic environment; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT;

EID: 0029822759     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80049-5     Document Type: Article

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