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Thirty-five years of clinical works on arterial stiffness and wave reflections in hypertension

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Safar, M.E. Thirty-five years of clinical works on arterial stiffness and wave reflections in hypertension. Artery Res 3, 44–48 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2009.05.002

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