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Nishikawa, T., Saito, J. & Omura, M. Adrenal Venous Sampling Is Absolutely Requisite for Definitively Diagnosing Primary Aldosteronism as Well as for Detecting Laterality of the Adrenal Lesion. Hypertens Res 30, 1009–1010 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1291/hypres.30.1009
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