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Comment
. 2014 Jun;145(6):1440-1441.
doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0720.

Response

Steven D Nathan  1 , A Whitney Brown  2 , Nargues A Weir  2
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Comment

Response

Steven D Nathan et al. Chest. 2014 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST the following conflicts of interest: Dr Nathan has served as a consultant for Intermune; Gilead Sciences, Inc; Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd; GeNO LLC; Boehringer-Ingelheim GmbH; Bayer; Genentech; and United Therapeutics Corporation. He has received grant funding from Intermune; Gilead Sciences, Inc; Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Boehringer-Ingelheim GmbH; and FibroGen, Inc. He has also served on speakers’ bureaus for Gilead Sciences, Inc; Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd; and United Therapeutics Corporation. Dr Brown has served on an advisory board for Gilead Pharmaceuticals. Dr Weir is the recipient of grant funding from Gilead Pharmaceuticals.

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