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The dangers of immediate-release nifedipine in the emergency treatment of hypertension

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    T J Burton & I B Wilkinson

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Burton, T., Wilkinson, I. The dangers of immediate-release nifedipine in the emergency treatment of hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 22, 301–302 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002324

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