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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Statins for All Patients with Hypertension—It is still not Prime Time!

Nagaraj Desai, Chilkunda Raviprakash Venkatesh

Keywords : HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors,Hypertension,Primary prevention,Statins

Citation Information : Desai N, Venkatesh CR. Statins for All Patients with Hypertension—It is still not Prime Time!. Hypertens J 2016; 2 (1):44-50.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10043-0029

Published Online: 01-06-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


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Desai N, Venkatesh CR. Statins for All Patients with Hypertension—It is still not Prime Time! Hypertens J 2016;2(1):44-50.


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