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Paul W. Franks^* and Tommy Olsson

From the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: paul.franks{at}medicin.umu.se.

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