Hypertension in women - Part II

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 497-500

  Pemu, Priscilla Igho ^a   Ofili, Elizabeth O ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

AGING; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATION; LACTATION DISORDER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEGRO; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55249106980     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.08337.x     Document Type: Review

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