Nicorandil: The drug that keeps on giving

Hypertension

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-648

  Barbato, John C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICORANDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NICORANDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 31944439571     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000185191.86908.a7     Document Type: Editorial

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