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  1. Mary Noelle Sheppard
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mary Noelle Sheppard, Department of Pathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW36NP UK; m.sheppard{at}rbht.nhs.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2009.183665

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    • Funding Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

    • Competing interests None.

    • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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