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Gender specific differences in left ventricular adaptation to obesity and hypertension

✍ Scribed by Kuch, B; Muscholl, M; Luchner, A; Döring, A; Riegger, G A J; Schunkert, H; Hense, H-W

Book ID
110047826
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
109 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0950-9240

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