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Comment
. 2014 Jan;16(1):80-1.
doi: 10.1111/jch.12229. Epub 2013 Dec 24.

Gaps in the evidence for screening children for hypertension to prevent adult cardiovascular disease--response to the editorial by Samuels and colleagues

Matthew Thompson  1
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Gaps in the evidence for screening children for hypertension to prevent adult cardiovascular disease--response to the editorial by Samuels and colleagues

Matthew Thompson. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Jan.
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