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  1. Jonathan Wyatt
  1. 1Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
  2. 2Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
  1. Correspondence to Jonathan Wyatt, Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro TR1 3LJ, UK; jonathan.wyatt{at}rcht.cornwall.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2011.114934

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