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Diuretics or β-Blockers First for Hypertension?

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    Judith A. Whitworth & Priscilla Kincaid-Smith

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Whitworth, J.A., Kincaid-Smith, P. Diuretics or β-Blockers First for Hypertension?. Drugs 23, 394–402 (1982). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198223050-00004

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