Increase in serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels during altitude training

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-459

  Asano, M ^a   Kaneoka, K ^a   Nomura, T ^a   Asano, K ^a   Sone, H ^a   Tsurumaru, K ^a   Yamashita, K ^a   Matsuo, K ^b   Suzuki, H ^b   Okuda, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery University of Tsukuba ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Endurance training; High altitude; Hypoxia; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

EID: 7144227927     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.0318e.x     Document Type: Article

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