Short-term exposure to high altitude causes coagulation activation and inhibits fibrinolysis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 342-343

  Mannucci, P M ^a   Gringeri, A ^a   Peyvandi, F ^a   Di Paolantonio, T ^a   Mariani, G ^a  

^a Institute of Internal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLASMIN; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; D DIMER; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; THROMBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBIN TIME; TIME; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0036173283     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612997     Document Type: Letter

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