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  1. Wai-Ting N Lee1,
  2. Aileen Brown2,
  3. Andrew J Peacock1,
  4. Martin K Johnson1
  1. 1Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2Respiratory Laboratory, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Wai-Ting N Lee, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon Street, Clydebank, Glasgow G81 4DY, UK; waiting.lee{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200971

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