A cardiac and a kidney transplant patient above 6000 meters in bolivia

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-100

  White, Michel ^a   Touyz, Rhian ^a   Tessier, Yves ^a   Van Le, Vy ^a   Ross, Heather ^a   Sirois, Martin G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTACYCLIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANGIOGENESIS; BOLIVIA; EXHAUSTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MOUNTAINEERING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION;

EID: 63649120750     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-LE-249.1     Document Type: Letter

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