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Plasma vascular endothelial growth factor in acute mountain sickness.
Chest - 1 Jul 2000
Maloney J, Wang D, Duncan T, Voelkel N, Ruoss S
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To investigate the hypothesis that an increase in circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) occurs in mountaineers at high altitude, particularly in association with acute mountain sickness (AMS) and/or low hemoglobin oxygen saturation. DESIGN: : Collection of medical histories, AMS scores, plasma samples, and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) measurements from mountaineers at...
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