Is Isolated Systolic Hypertension Worse Than Combined Systolic/Diastolic Hypertension?
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Isolated systolIc hypertensIon
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1524-6175
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12011