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Morphological Brain Changes after Climbing to Extreme Altitudes—A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Findings of cerebral cortical atrophy, white matter lesions and microhemorrhages have been reported in high-altitude climbers. The aim of this study was to evaluate structural cerebral changes in a large cohort of climbers after an ascent to extreme altitudes and to correlate these findi...

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Autores principales: Kottke, Raimund, Pichler Hefti, Jacqueline, Rummel, Christian, Hauf, Martinus, Hefti, Urs, Merz, Tobias Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26509635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141097