Some aspects of the long-term treatment of severe hypertension with methyldopa.

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  • M Hamilton
چکیده

EARLY reports demonstrated the value of methyldopa in the control, and short-term treatment, of hypertension (Irvine, O'Brien & North, 1962; Dollery & Harrington, 1962; Bayliss & HarveySmith, 1962), including the malignant phase (Hamilton & Kopelman, 1963). Subsequently, Johnson et al. (1966) convincingly demonstrated its value in the control of blood pressure of 100 hypertensive subjects over periods of up to 36 months, similar results being obtained by Daw-

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 44 507  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1968