Austrian moderate altitude study (AMAS 2000) - Fluid shifts, erythropoiesis, and angiogenesis in patients with metabolic syndrome at moderate altitude (≅ 1700 m)

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-505

  Gunga, Hanns Christian ^a   Fries, Dietmar ^b   Humpeler, Egon ^c   Kirsch, Karl ^a   Boldt, Leif Erik ^a   Koralewski, E ^a   Johannes, Bernd ^a   Klingler, Anton ^d   Mittermayr, Markus ^b   Röcker, Lothar ^a   Yaban, Berrin ^a   Behn, Claus ^e   Jelkmann, Wolfgang ^f   Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Forsch fur Urlaubs/Freizeitmedizin   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude exposure; Peripheral edema; Red cell mass; Transferrin receptor; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FLUID SHIFT; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

EID: 0038310939     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0734-x     Document Type: Article

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