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Magdalena Pasarica, Barbara Gowronska-Kozak, David Burk, Isabel Remedios,
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Letters to the Editor

Katsuhisa Ishii, MD,* Tamaki Suyama, MD,* Makoto Imai, MD,* Motoyoshi Maenaka, MD,*
Asuka Yamanaka, MD,* Yasunaka Makino, MD,* Yutaka Seino, MD,* Kenei Shimada, MD,†
Junichi Yoshikawa, MD†

Thomas Alserius, MD, PhD,a,c Niklas Hammar, PhD,d Tobias Nordqvist, MSc,b and
Torbjo¨rn Ivert, MD, PhDa,

To the Editor

Shih-Yi Lina,b,⁎, Shu-Chuan Huanga, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheua