Changes in plasma bradykinin concentration and citric acid cough threshold at high altitude

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Mason, Nicholas P ^a,b   Petersen, Merete ^c   Mélot, Christian ^d   Kim, Elena V ^e   Aldashev, Almaz ^e   Sarybaev, Akpay ^e   Mirrakhimov, Mirsaid M ^e   Naeije, Robert ^b  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Laboratory of Human Genetics   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Altitude related cough; Bradykinin; Citric acid cough threshold; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CITRIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COUGHING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BRADYKININ; CITRIC ACID; COUGH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449093795     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0353     Document Type: Article

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