[Beta-blockers as first-line therapy for hypertension?]

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. 2013 Mar;138(10):461.

doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329152. Epub 2013 Feb 26.

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[Article in German]

J E Scholze. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2013 Mar.

. 2013 Mar;138(10):461.

doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329152. Epub 2013 Feb 26.

¹ Hypertension Excellence Center of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH), Berlin.

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