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Comment
. 2013 Jan;143(1):273-274.
doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2145.

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Adriano R Tonelli  1 , Raed A Dweik  2
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Adriano R Tonelli et al. Chest. 2013 Jan.
No abstract available

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Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST that no potential conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.

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