Chronic mountain sickness on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Wu, Tian Yi ^a  

^a High Altitude Med Res Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic mountain sickness; Hypoxic ventilation; Polycythemia; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; DRACOCEPHALUM TANGUTICUM EXTRACT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FREE RADICAL; GINSENG EXTRACT; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; RHODIOLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRACOCEPHALUM TANGUTICUM; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FATIGUE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; TINNITUS; VEIN DILATATION;

AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; TIBET;

EID: 13644270949     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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