Systolic pressure is all that matters

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Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 371
Issue: 9631
Pages: 2219-2221
Citations: 197
Access: Closed

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                                    Bryan Williams, 
                                
                                    Lars Lindholm, 
                                
                                    Peter Sever
                                
                            (2008). 
                            Systolic pressure is all that matters. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 371
                            (9631)
                            , 2219-2221.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(08)60804-1

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(08)60804-1