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European Heart Journal 2002 23(3):179-182; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2772
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Editorials

First-line treatment for hypertension

P. R. Jackson and L. E. Ramsay

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.

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