Therapeutic Erythrocytapheresis Is Effective in Treating High Altitude Polycythemia on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Dong, YX; Dun, B; Dui, PBW; Zhuo, LB; Fang, J; Zong, CRY; Ji, Z; Xu, PP; Zheng, Y; Yue, F; Li, JM; Li, XY

Li, XY (corresponding author), Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Ruijin Hosp, 197 Ruijin 2 Rd, Shanghai 200025, Peoples R China.

WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 2020; 31 (4): 426

Abstract

Introduction-High altitude polycythemia (HAPC) is a common chronic disease at high altitudes. It is characterized by excessive erythrocytosis (2190 g.......

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