Delayed appearance of high altitude retinal hemorrhages.

BACKGROUND: Retinal hemorrhages have been described as a component of high altitude retinopathy (HAR) in association with altitude illness. In this prospective high altitude study, we aimed to gain new insights into the pathophysiology of HAR and explored whether HAR could be a valid early indicator...

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Main Authors: Daniel Barthelmes, Martina M Bosch, Tobias M Merz, Benno L Petrig, Frederic Truffer, Konrad E Bloch, Timothy A Holmes, Philippe Cattin, Urs Hefti, Miriam Sellner, Florian K P Sutter, Marco Maggiorini, Klara Landau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040733?pdf=render