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Primary aldosteronism: a common cause of resistant hypertension
Gregory A. Kline, Ally P.H. Prebtani, Alexander A. Leung and Ernesto L. Schiffrin
CMAJ June 05, 2017 189 (22) E773-E778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.161486
Gregory A. Kline
Department of Endocrinology (Kline, Leung), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Prebtani), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Schiffrin), Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
MDAlly P.H. Prebtani
Department of Endocrinology (Kline, Leung), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Prebtani), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Schiffrin), Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
BScPhm MDAlexander A. Leung
Department of Endocrinology (Kline, Leung), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Prebtani), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Schiffrin), Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
MDErnesto L. Schiffrin
Department of Endocrinology (Kline, Leung), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism (Prebtani), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Schiffrin), Jewish General Hospital and Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
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Primary aldosteronism: a common cause of resistant hypertension
Gregory A. Kline, Ally P.H. Prebtani, Alexander A. Leung, Ernesto L. Schiffrin
CMAJ Jun 2017, 189 (22) E773-E778; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.161486
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