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Comment
. 2016 Feb;18(2):164.
doi: 10.1111/jch.12659. Epub 2015 Aug 11.

Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences May Be Important for Predicting Mortality

Cengiz Ozturk  1 , Sevket Balta  1 , Ahmet Ozturk  2 , Mustafa Aparci  3 , Serdar Sadir  4 , Turgay Celik  1
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Inter-Arm Blood Pressure Differences May Be Important for Predicting Mortality

Cengiz Ozturk et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Feb.
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