Symptoms of infection and acute mountain sickness; associated metabolic sequelae and problems in differential diagnosis

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-331

  Bailey, Damian Miles ^a   Davies, Bruce ^a   Castell, Linda M ^b   Collier, David J ^a,c   Milledge, James S ^a   Hullin, David A ^d   Seddon, Paul S ^d   Young, Ian S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Glutamine; Immunodepression; Serotoninergic activity; Skeletal muscle damage

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMINE; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; MYOGLOBIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0141995024     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702903769192278     Document Type: Article

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