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High-altitude population neonatal and maternal phenotypes associated with birthweight protection.
Pediatric research - 1 Jan 2022
Dolma Padma, Angchuk P T, Jain Vandana, Dadhwal Vatsla, Kular Dalvir, Williams David J, Montgomery Hugh E, Hillman Sara L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: States which reduce foetal oxygen delivery are associated with impaired intrauterine growth. Hypoxia results when barometric pressure falls with ascent to altitude, and with it the partial pressure of inspired oxygen ('hypobaric hypoxia'). birthweight is reduced when native lowlanders gestate at such high altitude (HA)-an effect mitigated in native (millennia) HA populations. Studying HA populations...
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