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Failure of the Community-Based Vita-Stat Automated Blood Pressure Device to Accurately Measure Blood Pressure

Barbara L. Whitcomb, MD; Allan Prochazka, MD; Mary LoVerde, ANP; Richard L. Byyny, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(5):419-424.


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