Efficacy of low-dose combination of bisoprolol/hydrochlorothiazide compared with amlodipine and enalapril in men and women with essential hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1363-1365

  Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a   Prisant, L Michael ^b   Neutel, Joel M ^b   Weir, Matthew R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BISOPROLOL; ENALAPRIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BISOPROLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032102983     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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