A Specialist in Clinical Hypertension Critiques the Trophy Trial
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A specialist in clinical hypertension critiques the TROPHY trial.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.09.014