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Caló, L., Davis, P., Pagnin, E. et al. Linking inflammation and hypertension in humans: studies in Bartter's/Gitelman's syndrome patients. J Hum Hypertens 22, 223–225 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002309
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