A Discontinuation Trial of Antihypertensive Treatment: The Other Side of the Story

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Michelle C Odden. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;175(10):1630-2.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4309.

¹ School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis.

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Effect of Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Treatment in Elderly People on Cognitive Functioning--the DANTE Study Leiden: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Moonen JE, Foster-Dingley JC, de Ruijter W, van der Grond J, Bertens AS, van Buchem MA, Gussekloo J, Middelkoop HA, Wermer MJ, Westendorp RG, de Craen AJ, van der Mast RC. Moonen JE, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct;175(10):1622-30. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4103. JAMA Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 26301603 Clinical Trial.

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