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. 2020 Jan;38(1):177-178.
doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002219.

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Christopher R Gingles  1 , Ruth Symon, Stephen J Gandy, Allan D Struthers, Graeme Houston, Thomas M MacDonald, Chim C Lang, Peter T Donnan, Jacob George
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Christopher R Gingles et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Jan.
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