Increased permeability of blood-brain barrier caused by inflammatory mediators is involved in high altitude cerebral edema

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-615

  Zhou, Qiquan ^a,b   Tan, Xiaoling ^b   Wang, Jing ^c   Zhou, Bo ^d   Guo, Ping ^a,b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Clinical Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebral edema; High altitude; Inflammatory mediators; Permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952171647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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