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  1. Monica Facco1,2,
  2. Anna Cabrelle1,2,
  3. Carlo Agostini1,2
  1. 1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hematology-Immunology Section, Padua University School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
  2. 2Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua University School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Prof Carlo Agostini, Padua University School of Medicine, Giustiniani 2, Padova, 35128, Italy; carlo.agostini{at}unipd.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2011.159558

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the Padua Ethics Committee.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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