Double-Blind Comparison of Captopril with Nifedipine in Hypertension Complicated by Intermittent Claudication

Angiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 748-756

  Roberts, David H ^a   Tsao, Yvonne ^a   Linge, Keith ^b   McLoughlin, Gerard A ^b   Breckenridge, Alasdair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPTOPRIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NIFEDIPINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026644706     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979204300905     Document Type: Article

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