Three Decades of Antihypertensive Therapy
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A h i s t o r i c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e m a i n e v e n t s o f a t r u l y r e v o l u t i o n a r y p e r i o d of d r u g r e s e a r c h w h i c h l e d t o a r a t i o n a l m e d i c a l a p p r o a c h i n t h e t r e a t m e n t of h y p e r t e n s i o n i s t o s h e d l i g h t o n t h e c o n v e r s i o n of p h a r m a c o l o g i c a l s u b s t a n c e s i n t o t h e r a p e u t i c c o n c e p t s .
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تاریخ انتشار 2010