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. 1979 Mar;41(3):331–335. doi: 10.1136/hrt.41.3.331

Blockade of cardiac and renal beta-receptors by low dose propranolol in normal subjects. Clues to its antihypertensive effect.

R Davies, T G Pickering, A Morganti, M Wilson, J H Laragh
PMCID: PMC482035  PMID: 34409

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