Red Cell Life Span in Acclimatization to Altitude
- 1 October 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 87 (1) , 101-102
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-87-21299
Abstract
Six individuals taken from sea level to 14,900 feet showed a normal red cell life span, as measured with glycine-2-C14, during the period of acclimatization; therefore, the polycythemia secondary to altitude is due entirely to an increase in the rate of red cell formation.Keywords
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