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Comment
. 2020 May 1;180(5):651-652.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.7082.

Antihypertensive Prescribing Cascades as High-Priority Targets for Deprescribing

Timothy S Anderson  1   2 , Michael A Steinman  3   4
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Antihypertensive Prescribing Cascades as High-Priority Targets for Deprescribing

Timothy S Anderson et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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