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Amlodipine or lisinopril was not better than chlorthalidone in lowering CHD risk in hypertension
  1. George A Heckman, MD, FRCPC
  1. Geriatrics and Internal Medicine
 McMaster University
 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.8.6.168

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