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Sono case series
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Introducing the SONO case series
  1. Simon Carley1,2,
  2. Cian McDermott3,4
  1. 1 Emergency Medicine, Manchester Metropolitan University - All Saints Campus, Manchester, UK
  2. 2 Emergency Medicine, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
  3. 3 Emergency Department, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
  4. 4 Mater Hospital, The Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Professor Simon Carley, Emergency Medicine, Manchester Metropolitan University - All Saints Campus, Manchester M15 6BH, UK; simon.carley{at}cmft.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-210335

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    • Contributors Both authors contributed equally to this paper.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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