Beta-Blocker Therapy in Hypertension: A Need to Pause and Reflect
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Beta-blocker therapy in hypertension: a need to pause and reflect.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.050