Squeezing viscous blood through narrow pipes, and other problems of high-altitude polycythaemia

J Physiol. 2021 Sep;599(17):4011-4012. doi: 10.1113/JP282104. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
No abstract available

Keywords: chronic mountain sickness; erythrocyte ATP release; high altitude; microcirculation; polycythaemia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Altitude
  • Altitude Sickness*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia
  • Polycythemia*