Pregnancy at high altitude: A hyperviscosity state

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 627-633

  Kametas, Nikos A ^a   Krampl, Elisabeth ^a   McAuliffe, Fionnuala ^a   Rampling, Michael W ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Hemorheology; High altitude; Latin America; Plasma viscosity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR RATE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 3142665995     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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