Reply to H.J.A. Adams et al and E. Laffon et al

Michel Meignan1, Anne Ségolène Cottereau1, Annibale Versari1

  • 1Michel Meignan and Anne Ségolène Cottereau, Hôpital Henri Mondor, University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France; Annibale Versari, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Loïc Chartier, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France; Jehan Dupuis, Hôpital Henri Mondor, University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France; Sami Boussetta, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France; Ilaria Grassi, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy; René-Olivier Casasnovas, Hôpital le Bocage, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire-Dijon, Dijon, France; Corinne Haioun, Hôpital Henri Mondor, University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France; Hervé Tilly, Université de Rouen, Rouen; Vittoria Tarantino, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Julien Dubreuil, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France; Massimo Federico, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Gilles Salles, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France; Stefano Luminari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy; and Judith Trotman, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.

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