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Prevention of cardiovascular events and diabetes with angiotensin-receptor blockers in hypertension: Life, scope, and value

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  1. Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway

    Sverre E. Kjeldsen MD, PhD, Arne S. Westheim MD, PhD & Ingrid Os MD, PhD

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Kjeldsen, S.E., Westheim, A.S. & Os, I. Prevention of cardiovascular events and diabetes with angiotensin-receptor blockers in hypertension: Life, scope, and value. Current Science Inc 7, 155–157 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-005-0001-8

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