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Advantages and limitations of antihypertensive treatment for stroke risk in a general population: the Akita Stroke Registry

Manabu IzumiDepartment of Cardiology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
, Md, Phd,
Kazuo SuzukiDepartment of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita, Japan
, Md,
Tetsuya SakamotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Akita Kumiai General Hospital, Akita, Japan
, Md, Phd &
Masato HayashiDepartment of Cardiology, Hiraka General Hospital, Yokote, Japan.
, Md, Phd
Pages 729-735 | Received 06 May 2010, Accepted 30 May 2010, Published online: 23 May 2017

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