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Idiopathic diffuse pulmonary ossification
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  1. C F Ryan1,
  2. J D Flint2,
  3. N L Müller3
  1. 1Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  2. 2Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  3. 3Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C F Ryan
    UBC Respiratory Clinic, 2775 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3J5, Canada; fryaninterchange.ubc.ca

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