Acute high-altitude illnesses.
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From the University Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Division VII: Sports Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany (P.B.); and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, Seattle (E.R.S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Bärtsch at the University Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Division VII: Sports Medicine, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, or at peter.bartsch@med .uni-heidelberg.de.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 369 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013