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Clinical Study

Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Hypertensive Patients in Ghana

Charlotte Osafo Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Michael Mate-Kole Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Kwame Affram Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Dwomoa Adu Department of Nephrology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 388-392 | Received 19 Oct 2010, Accepted 16 Feb 2011, Published online: 30 Apr 2011

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