Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a potential biomarker for acute mountain sickness

Background: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the most common disease caused by hypobaric hypoxia (HH) in high-altitude (HA) associated with high mortality when progressing to high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and/or high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE). There is evidence for a role of pro- and ant...

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Main Authors: Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi, Jennifer Küllmer, Sven Dietrich, Dominik Monz, Michael Zemlin, Erol Tutdibi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1083808/full