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Obtaining accurate measurement of carotid intima-media thickness in children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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Fuat Ozkan Study Design, Data collection, Data interpretation, Manuscript preparation, Literature search. Deniz Ozel Data collection, Data interpretation, Manuscript preparation. Betul Duran Ozel Data collection, Data interpretation, Manuscript preparation.

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  1. Radiology Clinic, Okmeydani Education and Research Hospital, Kaptanpasa Mah. Darülaceze Cad. No:27 34384 Okmeydanı – Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey

    Fuat Ozkan & Deniz Ozel

  2. Radiology Clinic, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Betul Duran Ozel

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Communicated by Beat Steinmann

This is a correspondence to an article which can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-015-2634-1. This paper also has a reply which can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-015-2678-2.

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Ozkan, F., Ozel, D. & Ozel, B.D. Obtaining accurate measurement of carotid intima-media thickness in children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Eur J Pediatr 175, 413–414 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-015-2677-3

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