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Trends in prescribing antihypertensive drugs in the Gruppo Italiano di Farmacovigilanza nell'Anziano 1988–1997

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  1. Centro di Medicina dell'Invecchiamento, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Claudio Pedone & Pierugo Carbonin

  2. Via D. Frugiuele 39, 87100, Cosenza, Italy

    Andrea Corsonello

  3. Divisione di Medicina Geriatrica, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca e Cura per Anziani, Cosenza, Italy

    Andrea Corsonello & Bruno Mazzei

  4. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Francesco Corica

  5. Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy

    Francesco Perticone

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Incalzi, R.A., Corsonello, A., Pedone, C. et al. Trends in prescribing antihypertensive drugs in the Gruppo Italiano di Farmacovigilanza nell'Anziano 1988–1997. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 58, 851–852 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-003-0568-4

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