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Last, Allen R MD (commentator)
Critchley, JA
Capewell, S

UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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For correspondence: Dr J A Critchley, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. [email protected]

Sources of funding: Institute of Child Health and Cochrane Heart Group.

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