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Pulmonary puzzle
An unusual case of haemoptysis
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  1. Richard Newton1,3,
  2. Samuel Kemp2,
  3. Zaid Zoumot2,
  4. Guang-Zhong Yang1,
  5. Ara Darzi3,
  6. Pallav L Shah2
  1. 1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
  3. 3Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Richard Newton, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College, Bessemer Building, Level 4, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK; r.newton{at}imperial.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2009.129890

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