NT-pro BNP and plasma-soluble ST2 as promising biomarkers for hypertension, hypertensive heart disease and heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa

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¹ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Douala General Hospital and Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon. Email: aitdzudie@yahoo.com.
² Douala General Hospital, and Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, and Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Anastase Dzudie et al. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017 Nov/Dec.

. 2017 Nov/Dec;28(6):406-407.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Douala General Hospital and Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon. Email: aitdzudie@yahoo.com.
² Douala General Hospital, and Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy, Douala, Cameroon; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, and Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.

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