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High-altitude pulmonary edema.

Peter WoodsJoe A Alcock
Published in: Evolution, medicine, and public health (2021)
Lay summary: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a potentially fatal disease of altitude, in which the lungs can become filled with fluid. In this article we explore the mechanisms causing this condition and how it can be viewed as a condition of a mismatch between current environment and evolutionary experience.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • genome wide
  • gene expression