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The decision of a clinician to treat or not to treat a particular hypertensive patient with hypotensive drugs shall be based on the health status of this patient and on data derived from different sources; the latter can be grouped into two major categories: epidemiological studies and intervention trials.
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Staessen, J., Fagard, R., Lijnen, P., Van Hoof, R., Amery, A. (1986). Indications for Antihypertensive Treatment. In: Kaufmann, W., Bönner, G., Lang, R., Meurer, K.A. (eds) Primary Hypertension. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71125-1_15
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