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Where has the air gone?
  1. Teresa Salerno1,
  2. Renato Cutrera1,
  3. Francesco Paolo Rossi1,
  4. Laura Menchini2,
  5. Andrew Bush3
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, Bronchopneumology Unit, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
  3. 3Department of Pediatric Respirology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Teresa Salerno, Department of Pediatrics, Bronchopneumology Unit, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00135, Rome, Italy; teresa.salerno{at}opbg.net

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.196857

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