Amlodipine 2.5 mg once daily in older hypertensives: A Brazilian multi-centre study

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Mion Jr , Décio ^a   Ortega, Katia C ^a   Gomes, Marco A M ^b   Kohlmann Jr , Osvaldo ^c   Oigman, Wille ^d   Nobre, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sch of Medical Sciences of Alagoas   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Amlodipine; Elderly people; Home blood pressure measurement; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDEMA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMLODIPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342593917     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200404000-00005     Document Type: Article

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