Hypertension in very old people: Treatment problems;Ipertensione arteriosa nei molto anziani. Problemi di trattamento

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 345-349

  Cicconetti, Paolo ^a,b   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Therapy; Very old patient (>80 yrs)

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0035348971     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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