Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low-dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: principal results of the Hypertension Optimal...

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Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 351
Issue: 9118
Pages: 1755-1762
Citations: 5759
Access: Closed

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                                    Lennart Hansson, 
                                
                                    Alberto Zanchetti, 
                                
                                    S. George Carruthers
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low-dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: principal results of the Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) randomised trial. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 351
                            (9118)
                            , 1755-1762.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(98)04311-6
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)04311-6