Single-Drug Therapy for Hypertension in Men – A Comparison of Six Antihypertensive Agents with Placebo

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 13, 1993, Pages 914-921

  Materson, Barry J ^a   Reda, Domenic J ^a   Cushman, William C ^a   Massie, Barry M ^a   Freis, Edward D ^a   Kochar, Mahendr S ^a   Hamburger, Robert J ^a   Fye, Carol ^a   Lakshman, Raj ^a   Gottdiener, John ^a   Ramirez, Eli A ^a   Henderson, William G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DILTIAZEM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMAN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; PRAZOSIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027461577     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199304013281303     Document Type: Article

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