Evidence against an increase in capillary permeability in subjects exposed to high altitude

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1917-1923

  Kleger, Gian Reto ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^b   Vock, Peter ^b   Heilig, Bernhard ^b   Roberts II, L Jackson ^b   Ballmer, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness; F2 isoprostanes; free radicals; high altitude pulmonary edema; vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALBUMIN I 125; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; FIBRINOGEN; FREE RADICAL; INTERLEUKIN 6; OROSOMUCOID; PROSTAGLANDIN F2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029852325     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.5.1917     Document Type: Article

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