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Comment
. 2013 Sep;15(9):701.
doi: 10.1111/jch.12152. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Effect of allopurinol on blood pressure (author response to Allopurinol on hypertension: insufficient evidence to recommend)

Vikram Agarwal  1 , Franz Messerli
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Effect of allopurinol on blood pressure (author response to Allopurinol on hypertension: insufficient evidence to recommend)

Vikram Agarwal et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2013 Sep.
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