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Original Article

Treatment Choices of Hypertensive Patients in Turkey

Dilek Toprak MD Afyon Kocatepe University's Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
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Serap Demir MD Afyon Kocatepe University's Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey
Pages 5-10 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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