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Ginkgo biloba Does—and Does Not—Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness

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1 Ginkgo biloba Does—and Does Not—Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness
Guy Leadbetter, PhD, Linda E. Keyes, MD, Kirsten M. Maakestad, MD, Sheryl Olson, RN, Martha C. Tissot van Patot, PhD, Peter H. Hackett, MD  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages (March 2009) DOI: /08-WEME-BR-247.1 Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Severity of acute mountain sickness (AMS) symptoms 24hours after rapid ascent to 4300m in participants treated with placebo vs Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE). Mean acute mountain sickness–cerebral questionnaire (AMS-C, top) and Lake Louise Symptom questionnaire (LLS, bottom) scores were compared between treatment groups within each study. * indicates significantly different from placebo (P<.05). The dashed lines represent the threshold values for diagnosis of AMS. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , 66-71DOI: ( /08-WEME-BR-247.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions


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