Quality of life in normotensives compared to hypertensive men treated with isradipine or methyldopa as monotherapy or in combination with captopril: The LOMIR-MCT-IL study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Yodfat, Y ^a   Bar On, D ^b   Amir, M ^b   Cristal, N ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Isradipine; Methyldopa; Normotensives; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; ISRADIPINE; METHYLDOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CAPTOPRIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRADIPINE; MALE; METHYLDOPA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029947161     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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