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Diuretic Treatment of Hypertension
A lthough thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics are indispensable drugs in the treatment of hypertension, their role as first-line or even second-line drugs is a provoking debate. The European Society of Cardiology/ European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ ESH) guidelines recommend that thiazide diuretics should be considered as suitable as b-blockers, calcium antagonists, ACE inhibitors, and angi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6066.976-c