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Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 897, 2000, Pages 426-428

  Woywodt, Alexander ^a   Herrmann, Alena ^a   Choi, Mira ^a   Goebel, Ursula ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Liquorice

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; RENIN; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIGRAINE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CANDY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SODIUM;

EID: 0033933069     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.897.426     Document Type: Article

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