Effect of prolonged stay at high altitude on platelet aggregation and fibrinogen levels

Platelets

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 421-427

  Vij, Anjana G ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

fibrinogen; Hematological profile; high altitude; platelet function; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; COLLAGEN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953626542     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537100903116516     Document Type: Article

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