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Stone, K., Fryer, S., Faulkner, J. et al. The aortic-femoral arterial stiffness gradient demonstrates good between-day reliability. Hypertens Res 44, 1686–1688 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-021-00712-3
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