Chlorthalidone: Has it always been the best thiazide-type diuretic?

Hypertension

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-322

  Sica, Domenic A ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORTALIDONE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HISTORY; NOTE; STANDARD;

CHLORTHALIDONE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 33644985159     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000203147.75714.ba     Document Type: Editorial

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