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Plasma concentration and acetylator phenotype determine response to oral hydralazine.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jan 2000
Shepherd A M, McNay J L, Ludden T M, Lin M S, Musgrave G E
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The vasodepressor response to single and multiple oral doses of hydralazine, 1 mg/kg, was studied in hypertensive patients. The concentration of hydralazine in plasma was measured both by a newly developed specific and a nonspecific assay similar to those used in previous studies. Acetylator phenotype was determined following oral sulfamethazine. Plasma hydralazine concentration peaked at 1 hour after...
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