Urinary excretion of acetazolamide in healthy volunteers after short- and long-term exposure to high altitude

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-137

  Ritschel, W A ^a,d   Paulos, C ^b   Arancibia, A ^b   Agrawal, M A ^a   Wetzelsberger, K M ^c   Lucker P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Institute of Clinical Pharmacology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; High altitude; Mountain sickness; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EXCRETION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE PH;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0031919365     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1998.20.2.485649     Document Type: Article

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