Letter to the Editor
The elephant in the room of hypertension treatment
J. C. Lee,
J. C. Lee
Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this author S. A. Luis,
S. A. Luis
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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J. C. Lee,
J. C. Lee
Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this author S. A. Luis,
S. A. Luis
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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First published: 04 September 2013
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