Platelet count and function at high altitude and in high-altitude pulmonary edema

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 690-694

  Lehmann, T ^a   Mairbaurl H ^b   Pleisch, B ^a   Maggiorini, M ^c   Bartsch P ^b   Reinhart, W H ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Hemostasis; Hypoxia; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PADGEM PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROTHROMBIN; TADALAFIL; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CARBOLINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; P-SELECTIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 33646380395     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00991.2005     Document Type: Article

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