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Sustained Blood Pressure–Lowering Effect of Aliskiren Compared With Telmisartan After a Single Missed Dose

  1. Rainer Düsing MD1,
  2. Patrick Brunel MD2,
  3. InYoung Baek PhD2,
  4. Fabio Baschiera PhD2

Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/jch.12018

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The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 41–47, January 2013

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Düsing, R., Brunel, P., Baek, I. and Baschiera, F. (2013), Sustained Blood Pressure–Lowering Effect of Aliskiren Compared With Telmisartan After a Single Missed Dose. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 15: 41–47. doi: 10.1111/jch.12018

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  1. 1

    From the Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Bonn, Germany

  2. 2

    Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

*Rainer Düsing, MD, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Wilhelmstr. 35–37, D-53111 Bonn, Germany E-mail:duesing@uni-bonn.de

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 9 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript received: April 19, 2012; revised: August 10, 2012; accepted: August 15, 2012

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