Effects of vitamin E on clinic and ambulatory blood pressure in treated hypertensive patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 5 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 564-567

  Palumbo, Gaetana ^b   Avanzini, Fausto ^a   Alli, Claudio ^b   Roncaglioni, Maria Carla ^b   Ronchi, Esio ^b   Cristofari, Mario ^b   Capra, Alberto ^b   Rossi, Susanna ^b   Nosotti, Lorenzo ^b   Costantini, Carlo ^b   Cavalera, Cesare ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure control; Hypertension; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034125576     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00244-2     Document Type: Article

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