Hypertension in the High-Cardiovascular-Risk Populations
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1Division of Endocrinology, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Kings County Hospital Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 50, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA 2SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA 3University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA 4New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA 5North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11714, USA 6Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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دوره 2011 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011