High-altitude cerebral effects: risks and mechanisms

Lancet Neurol. 2009 Jul;8(7):604; author reply 605. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70159-0.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Altitude Sickness / complications
  • Altitude Sickness / physiopathology*
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / metabolism
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / physiopathology
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Brain Edema / physiopathology*
  • Cerebral Arteries / metabolism
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiopathology
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Endothelial Cells / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / complications
  • Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / physiopathology
  • Metabolic Syndrome / complications
  • Metabolic Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Risk Factors