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Karamzad, N., Ayubi, E., Rahmani, V. et al. Hypertension is the primary component of metabolic syndrome associated with pathologic features of kidney cancer: methodological issues. World J Urol 35, 1467–1468 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-016-1974-4
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