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Comment
. 2019 Jul;42(7):1095.
doi: 10.1038/s41440-019-0241-7. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

Concerning the article recently published in this Journal by Aryal and colleagues entitled, "Blood pressure and hypertension in people living at high altitude in Nepal."

Martin Burtscher  1 , Johannes Burtscher  2
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Concerning the article recently published in this Journal by Aryal and colleagues entitled, "Blood pressure and hypertension in people living at high altitude in Nepal."

Martin Burtscher et al. Hypertens Res. 2019 Jul.
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