Are sildenafil and theophylline effective in the prevention of high-altitude pulmonary edema?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-225

  Kleinsasser, A ^a   Loeckinger, A ^b  

^a TILAK   (Austria)

^b Division of Physiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; SILDENAFIL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036693870     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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