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Prevalence of Chronic Mountain Sickness in high altitude districts of Himachal Pradesh

INTRODUCTION: Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS) is a maladaptation condition that can affect people who reside permanently at high altitude (HA). It is characterized by polycythemia, hypoxemia and dyspnea and can be fatal. Over 140 million people live permanently at HA around the world. Unfortunately,...

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Autores principales: Sahota, Inderjeet Singh, Panwar, Nidhi Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24872667
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.130839