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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and 24-h blood pressure control as predictors of outcome in treated hypertensive patients

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The Ambulatory Sub-study is supported by Pfizer U.K.

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  1. The Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, 9, Ireland

    E O’Brien, A Stanton & N Atkins

  2. University Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, UK

    GT McInnes & FM Nichol

  3. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, QEQM Wing, Imperial College School of Medicine at Mary’s Hospital, London, W2 INY, UK

    S Thom

  4. Department Clinical Pharmacology, St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK

    M Caulfield

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O’Brien, E., McInnes, G., Stanton, A. et al. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and 24-h blood pressure control as predictors of outcome in treated hypertensive patients. J Hum Hypertens 15 (Suppl 1), S47–S51 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001076

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