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Case Report

A case of an extreme white coat effect

Jakob NyvadDepartment of Renal Medicine and the Clinic of Hypertension, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark ReinhardDepartment of Renal Medicine and the Clinic of Hypertension, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;
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Kent L. ChristensenDepartment of Cardiology and the Clinic of Hypertension, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 63-67 | Received 22 Jul 2019, Accepted 17 Aug 2019, Published online: 28 Aug 2019

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