Evaluation and treatment of resistant hypertension
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1 Department of Hypertension and Nephrology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2 Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Correspondência para: Eduardo Pimenta, MD. 933 19th Street South, Room 115. Birmingham, AL 35294. Fone: (205) 934-9281; Fax: (205) 934-1302. E-mail: [email protected] Recebido: 12/12/2006 Aceito: 14/01/2007 ABSTRACT
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