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Comment
. 2009 Dec;11(12):702-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00203.x.

Commentary: counterpoint. Simple-minded antihypertensive treatment: of assumptions, potpourri, and sausages

Sripal Bangalore  1 , Franz H Messerli
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Commentary: counterpoint. Simple-minded antihypertensive treatment: of assumptions, potpourri, and sausages

Sripal Bangalore et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Dec.
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