Prescription of drugs blocking the renin-angiotensin system in Italian children

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-148

  Bianchetti, Mario G ^a,l   Ammenti, Anita ^b   Avolio, Luigi ^c   Bettinelli, Alberto ^d   Bosio, Maurizio ^e   Fossali, Emilio ^f   Manna, Angela ^g   Maringhini, Silvio ^h   Pela, Ivana ⁱ   Ratsch, Ilse M ^j   Viganò, Sara ^k   Ardissino, Gianluigi ^k  

^a Servizio Integrato di Pediatria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

^f Pediatria Emergenza Urgenza   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

^k Unità Operativa di Nefrologia Pediatrica   (Italy)

^l SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Childhood; Hypertension; Kidney disease; Renal; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIURETICS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 33846405630     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0293-1     Document Type: Article

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