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Stroke-Related Mortality at Different Altitudes: A 17-Year Nationwide Population-Based Analysis From Ecuador
Introduction: Worldwide, more than 5.7% of the population reside above 1,500 m of elevation. It has been hypothesized that acute short-term hypoxia exposure could increase the risk of developing a stroke. Studies assessing the effect of altitude on stroke have provided conflicting results, some anal...
Autores principales: | Ortiz-Prado, Esteban, Espinosa, Patricio S., Borrero, Alfredo, Cordovez, Simone P., Vasconez, Jorge E., Barreto-Grimales, Alejandra, Coral-Almeida, Marco, Henriquez-Trujillo, Aquiles R., Simbaña-Rivera, Katherine, Gomez-Barreno, Lenin, Viscor, Gines, Roderick, Paul |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34675818 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.733928 |
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