Evidence that new antihypertensives are superior to older drugs

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Jan A Staessen et al. Lancet. 2005 Sep.

. 2005 Sep;366(9489):869-71.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67147-4.

¹ Study Coordinating Centre, Hypertension Unit, Campus Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be

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