Nifedipine in Unstable Angina: A Double-Blind, Randomized Trial

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 306, Issue 15, 1982, Pages 885-889

  Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^a   Achuff, Stephen C ^a   Bulkley, Bernadine H ^a   Becker, Lewis C ^a   Mellits, E David ^a   Baughman, Kenneth L ^a   Weiss, James L ^a   Flaherty, John T ^a   Kallman, Clayton H ^a   Llewellyn, Michaelene ^a   Weisfeldt, Myron L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMPARISON; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY;

EID: 0020032732     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198204153061501     Document Type: Article

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