Prehypertension: A possible target for antihypertensive medication

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 356-361

  Nesbitt, Shawna D ^a   Julius, Stevo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CANDESARTAN; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TETRAZOLES;

EID: 0034243865     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-000-0038-7     Document Type: Article

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