Comparative study of the effects of amlodipine and nitrendipine on 24 hour blood pressure profile

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Germanò, Giuseppe ^a,d   Ramponi, Claudio ^b   Caparra, Anna ^a   Valentino, Salvatore ^a   Germanò, Ugo ^a   Federico, Luigi ^a   De Venuto, Giuseppe ^b   Santucci, Anna ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; NITRENDIPINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030806740     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199700131-00014     Document Type: Article

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