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Excessive polycythemia occurs in young high-altitude (3600 m) residents in the absence o lung disease
(Health & height proceeding, 2002)
Summary.
Chronic mountain sickness is present in about 8% of the male population of La Paz. Our question was whether its principal diagnostic sign, excessive polycythemia (EP) without lung disease could be found already ...
Where the O2 goes to : preservation of human fetal oxygen delivery and consumption at high altitude
(The Journal of Physiology, 2009)
Fetal growth is decreased at high altitude (> 2700 m). We hypothesized that variation in fetal O2
delivery might account for both the altitude effect and the relative preservation of fetal growth in
multigenerational ...