Hypoxia Into the Next Millennium
Hypoxia is a constant threat throughout life. International experts from many different fields, including clinicians, clinical researchers, and basic scientists, have contributed to this volume, presenting state-of-the-art information regarding normal and abnormal (pathophysiological) responses to h...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1999, 1999
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Hypoxia is a constant threat throughout life. International experts from many different fields, including clinicians, clinical researchers, and basic scientists, have contributed to this volume, presenting state-of-the-art information regarding normal and abnormal (pathophysiological) responses to hypoxia. The topics covered include visitors to high altitude, the latest developments on high-altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema, the brain in hypoxia, high-altitude headache, and similarities between ischemic and hypoxic injury to the brain. In addition topics are covered such as blood-brain barrier in hypoxia, hypoxia interactions with vascular growth, and how humans adjust to extreme hypoxia |
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Physical Description: | XVI, 456 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781461547112 |