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Response to comments from Professor Niels Lynøe et al and Dr Nicholas R Binney et al
  1. Alison Mary Kemp1,
  2. Sabine Ann Maguire1,2,
  3. Geoff D Debelle3
  1. 1 Division of Population Medicine, Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  2. 2 Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
  3. 3 General Paediatrics, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor  Alison Mary Kemp, Division of Population Medicine, Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4YS, UK; kempam{at}cardiff.ac.uk

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