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Comment
. 2018 Apr 3;190(13):E403.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.68999.

Is aldosteronism really a relatively common cause of hypertension?

Günther Egidi  1 , Guido Schmiemann  2 , Klaus Gebhardt  3
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Is aldosteronism really a relatively common cause of hypertension?

Günther Egidi et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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