Editors' response
- 1Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
- 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Thoracic Surgery and Allergy, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
- Correspondence to Andrew Bush, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; A.Bush{at}rbht.nhs.uk
- Accepted 4 October 2010
- Published Online First 19 November 2010
The review article by Chapman et al1 has provoked a vigorous correspondence,2–5 amongst other things calling on Thorax to ‘respond appropriately’ and even withdraw the manuscript. We inherited the manuscript from our predecessors and played no part in its commissioning or review. However, we are quite clear that the appropriate response is not to withdraw the manuscript, but …
