Khat chewing and arterial blood pressure. A randomized controlled clinical trial of alpha-1 and selective beta-1 adrenoceptor blockade

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-541

  Hassan, Nageeb A ^a   Gunaid, Abdallah A ^a   El Khally, Fouad M ^a   Al Noami, Mohamed Y ^a   Murray Lyon, Iain M ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATENOLOL; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; INDORAMIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASTICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; YEMEN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1;

EID: 19044383574     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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