High serum zinc and serum testosterone levels were associated with excessive erythrocytosis in men at high altitudes

Endocrine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-480

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Tapia, Vilma ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a   Rubio, Julio ^a   Gonzales Castañeda, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chronic mountain sickness signs symptoms; Excessive erythrocytosis; High altitude; Nitric oxide; Testosterone; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ADAPTATION; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCYTHEMIA; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

EID: 84857056025     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9482-1     Document Type: Article

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