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Gene expression in chronic high altitude diseases.
High altitude medicine & biology - 1 Jan 2008
León-Velarde Fabiola, Mejía Olga
Abstract excerpt
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) and high altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) have been well described in different mountainous regions of the world as chronic high altitude (HA) diseases. This review briefly summarizes the available data from some genes known to be regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and/or by hypoxia that have been studied in populations from these regions suffering from CMS...
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