The efficacy and safety of valsartan in obese and non-obese pediatric hypertensive patients

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 758-766

  Meyers, Kevin E C ^a   Lieberman, Kenneth ^b   Solar Yohay, Susan ^c   Han, Guangyang ^c   Shi, Victor ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO; VALSARTAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; LIMB PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OBESITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RHINITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; TONSILLITIS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OBESITY; TETRAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 80053565145     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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