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Cardiovascular

Long-term persistence with single-pill, fixed-dose combination therapy versus two pills of amlodipine and perindopril for hypertension: Australian experience

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Pages 1783-1787 | Received 01 Jul 2017, Accepted 10 Aug 2017, Published online: 24 Aug 2017

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