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Secondary polycythaemia from chronic hypoxia is a risk for cerebral thrombosis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Secondary polycythemia is considered the usual complication of chronic hypoxia. It can theoretically increase the oxygen-carrying capacity, but this adaptive trait has a deleterious effect because the blood viscosity increases, which can induce significant morbidity and mortality, such a...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Min, Liu, Xiaoxia, Li, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37296428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03277-5