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Diseases of the Human Carotid Body by Donald Heath DSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCPath, Paul Smith BSc, Phd (auth.) is a medicine available to read on EtoBox.
What is Diseases of the Human Carotid Body about?
Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery. Originally described as a ganglion, it was subsequently regarded as a gland, chromaffin paraganglion and non-chromaffin paraganglion. In 1928 it was shown to be a chemoreceptor with close associations with the function of baroreception in the adjacent carotid sinus and perhaps within its own substance. These discoveries led physiologists to embark on a series of elegant experimental studies on a number of animal
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- Author
- Donald Heath DSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPEd, FRCPath, Paul Smith BSc, Phd (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag London
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783540196877
- Category
- medicine
- Subjects
- Medical, Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine, Pediatrics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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