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Comment
. 2014 Dec;16(12):847.
doi: 10.1111/jch.12438. Epub 2014 Nov 4.

Is it morning blood pressure surge or extreme nocturnal dipping that accounts for the increased stroke risk in the morning waking hours?

Debbie L Cohen  1 , Raymond R Townsend
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Is it morning blood pressure surge or extreme nocturnal dipping that accounts for the increased stroke risk in the morning waking hours?

Debbie L Cohen et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Dec.
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