Increase in lung capillary blood volume in native highlanders: angiogenesis?

C. De Bisschop, A. Ajata, S. Huez, J. B. Martinot, R. Naeije, H. Guénard (Poitiers, Bordeaux, France; Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; Brussels, Namur, Belgium)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Pulmonary gas exchange
Session: Pulmonary gas exchange
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2394
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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