Clinical sequelae after becoming lost-to-follow-up in a tertiary hypertension clinic.
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Lost to follow-up.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(99)80320-3