title: Altitude and coagulation activation: does going high provoke thrombosis?
authors.affiliation: Leicester Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre and Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Leicester, UK. joost.vanveen@ukgateway.net
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Veen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009928:Organ Specificity; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control