Role of the peripheral chemoreflex in the early stages of ventilatory acclimatization to altitude.
This review of ventilatory acclimatization to altitude/hypoxia (VAH) emphasizes the widely differing timescales that VAH is considered to encompass. The review concludes: (1) that early (24-48h) VAH is unlikely to arise as a reaction to the respiratory alkalosis that is normally associated with expo...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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