Treatment of mild-to-moderate arterial hypertension with pinacidil alone or in combination with hydrochlorothiazide

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 269-274

  Degaute, Jean Paul ^a   Leeman, Marc ^a   Messin, Roger ^b   Bruhwyler, Jacques ^c   Géczy, Joseph ^c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Therabel Pharma Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Hypertension; Pinacidil; Potassium channel opener

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PINACIDIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031802512     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(98)85067-4     Document Type: Article

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