The FEVER (Felodipine EVEnt Reduction) trial; a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Chinese hypertensive patients;FEVER studie (The Felodipine EVEnt Reduction), randomizovaná, dvojitě slepá, placebem kontrolovaná studie u čínských hypertenzních pacientů

Vnitrni Lekarstvi

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Souček, Miroslav ^a   Plachy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Combination therapy; Felodipine; Hydrochlorothiazide; Hypertension; Monotherapy

Indexed keywords

FELODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; DIURETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FELODIPINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947699838     PISSN: 0042773X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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