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Can Natriuretic Peptide Levels Predict the Cardiovascular Complications of COX-2 Inhibitors and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs?

Robert P. Blankfield
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2006, 19 (2) 178-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.2.178

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