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Thunderstorms and iPods — Two Reports of the Same Case

N Engl J Med 2007; 357:723August 16, 2007

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To the Editor:

After we submitted our letter about thunderstorms and iPods to the Journal (July 12 issue),1 other authors from our hospital published a separate report about the same case,2 unbeknownst to us when we submitted our letter. Their report was published in May, 3 months after we completed the literature search for our letter. We regret this duplication. We were unaware of the other author group.

Eric J. Heffernan, M.B.
Peter L. Munk, M.D.
Luck J. Louis, M.D.
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
ejheffernan@eircom.net

2 References

1
Heffernan EJ, Munk PL, Louis LJ. Thunderstorms and iPods -- not a good iDea. N Engl J Med 2007;357:198-199
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2
Offiah C, Heran M, Graeb D. Lightning strike: a rare cause of bilateral ossicular disruption. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007;28:974-975
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