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Review
. 2006 Jun;8(6):427-31; quiz 432-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2006.04721.x.

Clinical hypertension research tools: the randomized controlled clinical trial

Daniel T Lackland  1 , Robert F Woolson
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Clinical hypertension research tools: the randomized controlled clinical trial

Daniel T Lackland et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2006 Jun.

Abstract

The randomized clinical trial is used in hypertension research as a primary mode for evaluating new, promising therapies. Herein, the authors provide an overview of design features of clinical trials, particularly those useful for designing a hypertension therapeutic clinical trial.

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