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Editorial
. 2003 Jan-Feb;5(1):5-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2003.02259.x.

Results of the ALLHAT trial: is the debate about initial antihypertensive drug therapy over?

Marvin Moser
Editorial

Results of the ALLHAT trial: is the debate about initial antihypertensive drug therapy over?

Marvin Moser. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2003 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Results of the ALLHAT study have focused attention on the preferred approaches to the management of hypertension. Some of the conclusions of this trial have already been questioned. In this issue of The JCH, Marvin Moser, MD, and Michael A. Weber, MD, two of the senior editors, present their critiques of the ALLHAT results.

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