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Collén, AC., Johansson, M., Guron, C. et al. Cardiac structure and function is related to current blood pressure rather than to previous hypertensive pregnancy. J Hum Hypertens 29, 702–704 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2015.68
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