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Comment
. 2014 Jan 15:348:g142.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.g142.

Do black patients with chronic kidney disease benefit equally from all blood pressure lowering agents?

Joseph A Ladapo  1 , Gbenga Ogedegbe
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Do black patients with chronic kidney disease benefit equally from all blood pressure lowering agents?

Joseph A Ladapo et al. BMJ. .
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  • Authors' reply to Ladapo and Ogedegbe.
    Ninomiya T, Perkovic V; Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration. Ninomiya T, et al. BMJ. 2014 Jan 15;348:g148. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g148. BMJ. 2014. PMID: 24429921 No abstract available.

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