Cardiac and vascular disease prior to hatching in chick embryos incubated at high altitude

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Salinas, C E ^a   Blanco, C E ^b   Villena, M ^a   Camm, E J ^c   Tuckett, J D ^c   Weerakkody, R A ^c   Kane, A D ^c   Shelley, A M ^c   Wooding, F B P ^c   Quy, M ^c   Giussani, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; chick embryo; high altitude; hypoxia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149280290     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174409990043     Document Type: Article

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