Vomiting is not an adaption for glaucoma (and Darwinian medicine is difficult)

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-473

  Paşca, Sergiu P ^a,b   Nesse, Randolph M ^c  

^a Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies Coneural   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VOMITING;

EID: 47549099958     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.04.009     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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