Medroxyprogesterone at high altitude. The effects on blood gases, cerebral regional oxygenation, and acute mountain sickness.

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Published in Wilderness Environ Med on January 01, 2004

Authors

Alex D Wright1, Margaret F Beazley, Arthur R Bradwell, Ian M Chesner, Richard N Clayton, Peter J G Forster, Peter Hillenbrand, Christopher H E Imray, Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

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