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. 2015 Jun 1;42(3):226-8.
doi: 10.14503/THIJ-15-5067. eCollection 2015 Jun.

A review of the JNC 8 Blood Pressure Guideline

Eduardo Hernandez-Vila

A review of the JNC 8 Blood Pressure Guideline

Eduardo Hernandez-Vila. Tex Heart Inst J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Antihypertensive agents/therapeutic use; blood pressure/drug effects; chronic kidney disease; diabetes mellitus; evidence-based medicine; hypertension, diastolic; hypertension, systolic; hypertension/drug therapy/prevention & control; practice guidelines as topic/standards.

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