Stroke at high altitude

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-

  Szawarski, Piotr ^a   Tam, Emily W Y ^b   Richards, Paul ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c General Practitioner The Surgery and Travel Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; STROKE; STROKE LIKE EPISODE;

EID: 84862513424     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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