Angiotensin, the hormone to be blocked by antithypertensive drugs, and perhaps why they don't work

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-

  Thornton, Simon N ^a,b  

^a INSEM U961   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IRBESARTAN; RENIN;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349661835     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016109789043874     Document Type: Letter

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