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J. C. Rolland

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French physician.

Biography of J. C. Rolland

J.C. Rolland is the doyen de la Faculté de Médecine, Departement de Sciences Humaines, Faculté de Médecine de Tours.

Bibliography

  • S. Cloarec, G. Deschenes, M. Sagnier, J.C. Rolland, and H. Nivet:
    Hypertension arterielle par intoxication au mercure: interet diagnostique du captopril.
    [Arterial hypertension due to mercury poisoning: diagnostic value of captopril]
    Archives de pédiatrie, 1995, 2(1): 43-46.

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