Serum testosterone levels and score of chronic mountain sickness in Peruvian men natives at 4340m

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Gonzales, G F ^a   Tapia, V ^a   Gasco, M ^a   Gonzales Castaneda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Altitude; Chronic mountain sickness; Excessive erythrocytosis; Men; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PARESTHESIA; PERU; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TINNITUS; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955864891     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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