Trekking and high altitude illness;Trekking und die höhenkrankheit

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 387-393

  Maggiorini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NIFEDIPINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ATAXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; COMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG EDEMA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUNTAINEERING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034866516     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.58.6.387     Document Type: Review

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