Neonatal oxygenation, pulmonary hypertension, and evolutionary adaptation to high altitude (2013 Grover conference series)

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-62

  Niermeyer, Susan ^a   Andrade M, Mario Patricio ^b   Vargas, Enrique ^c   Moore, Lorna G ^d  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology Pediatrics   (Bolivia)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean; Cardiopulmonary transition; Ethiopian; European; Genetic adaptation; Han; Hypoxia; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026339627     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679719     Document Type: Review

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