Captopril test: Time over?

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 431-435

  Lenz, Tomas ^a   Kia, T ^a   Rupprecht, G ^a   Schulte, K L ^a,b   Geiger, H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Epileptology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Captopril test; Computerised tomography angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renovascular hypertension

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; RENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0032766742     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000860     Document Type: Article

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