Combined high blood pressure and glucose in type 2 diabetes: double jeopardy. British trial shows clear effects of treatment, especially blood pressure reduction

Editorial

C E Mogensen. BMJ. 1998.

. 1998 Sep 12;317(7160):693-4.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7160.693.

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