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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI100880

ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS; THE EFFECT OF AMMONIUM CHLORIDE

E. S. Guzman Barron, D. B. Dill, H. T. Edwards, and Alberto Hurtado

Lasker Foundation for Medical Research and the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, Chicago

Fatigue Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston

Department of Physiopathology, Facultad de Medicina, Lima, Peru

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We wish to acknowledge our gratitude to Mr. Harold Kingsmill, General Manager of the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, for providing facilities for the trip from Lima to Ticlio.

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Lasker Foundation for Medical Research and the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, Chicago

Fatigue Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston

Department of Physiopathology, Facultad de Medicina, Lima, Peru

1

We wish to acknowledge our gratitude to Mr. Harold Kingsmill, General Manager of the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, for providing facilities for the trip from Lima to Ticlio.

Find articles by Dill, D. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Lasker Foundation for Medical Research and the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, Chicago

Fatigue Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston

Department of Physiopathology, Facultad de Medicina, Lima, Peru

1

We wish to acknowledge our gratitude to Mr. Harold Kingsmill, General Manager of the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, for providing facilities for the trip from Lima to Ticlio.

Find articles by Edwards, H. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Lasker Foundation for Medical Research and the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, Chicago

Fatigue Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston

Department of Physiopathology, Facultad de Medicina, Lima, Peru

1

We wish to acknowledge our gratitude to Mr. Harold Kingsmill, General Manager of the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, for providing facilities for the trip from Lima to Ticlio.

Find articles by Hurtado, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published July 1, 1937 - More info

Published in Volume 16, Issue 4 on July 1, 1937
J Clin Invest. 1937;16(4):541–546. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI100880.
© 1937 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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