Diuretics for hypertension - an inconsistency in primary care prescribing behaviour

Objective:Internationally there is an ongoing debate on diuretics as first-line therapy for most patients with hypertension. In spite of many arguments against them in antihypertensive monotherapy, the authors of the present study perceived them to be regularly prescribed in combination therapy in G...

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Hauptverfasser: Kühlein, Thomas (VerfasserIn) , Laux, Gunter (VerfasserIn) , Gutscher, Andreas (VerfasserIn) , Götz, Katja (VerfasserIn) , Szecsenyi, Joachim (VerfasserIn) , Campbell, Stephen (VerfasserIn) , Steinhäuser, Jost (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 06 Jan 2011
In: Current medical research and opinion
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 27, Heft: 3, Pages: 497-502
ISSN:1473-4877
DOI:10.1185/03007995.2010.547932
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1185/03007995.2010.547932
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Verfasserangaben:Thomas Kuehlein, Gunter Laux, Andreas Gutscher, Katja Goetz, Joachim Szecsenyi, Stephen Campbell, Jost Steinhaeuser

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