NEW DRUGS AND CLINICAL-TRIALS IN DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION

Authors
NILSSON P
Citation
P. Nilsson, NEW DRUGS AND CLINICAL-TRIALS IN DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION, EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES, 105, 1997, pp. 64-69
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES → ACNP
ISSN journal
09477349
Volume
105
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
2
Pages
64 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-7349(1997)105:<64:NDACID>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Hypertension is a well-established risk factor for cerebro-cardiovascu lar disease in diabetics, as well as for progressing renal disease. Se veral pathophysiological mechanisms link hypertension with non-insulin -dependent diabetes (NIDDM), e.g. insulin resistance. This will be dis cussed below as regards pathophysiology and treatment possibilities, e specially with new drugs in ongoing clinical trials.