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Lara Rezende, G., da Silva, M.d.G., Soares Takano, G.H. et al. Hypertension causes structural lesions in the microvasculature of the posterior nasal mucosa. Hypertens Res 44, 591–594 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-020-00572-3
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