Subarachnoid hemorrhage at high altitude

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 180-181

  Litch, James A ^a,b   Basnyat, Buddha ^a   Zimmerman, Mark ^a  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Himalayan Rescue Association   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030861961     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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