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Review
. 2017 Jun 5;189(22):E773-E778.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161486.

Primary aldosteronism: a common cause of resistant hypertension

Gregory A Kline  1 , Ally P H Prebtani  2 , Alexander A Leung  2 , Ernesto L Schiffrin  2
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Review

Primary aldosteronism: a common cause of resistant hypertension

Gregory A Kline et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Ally Prebtani has received consultant and speaker fees from Servier and is the Chair, Endocrine Section, Hypertension Canada, Clinical Practice Guidelines. Ernesto Schiffrin has received grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Servier France. He has received lecture fees from Servier Canada, and consultant and lecture fees from Novartis US. No other competing interests were declared.

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