Martini, K.
Gygax, C. M.
Benden, C.
Morgan, A. R.
Parker, G. J. M.
Frauenfelder, T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swiss lung association (NA)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2017
Revised: 11 December 2017
Accepted: 12 February 2018
First Online: 13 April 2018
Change Date: 12 June 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: The original version of this article, published on 13 April 2018, unfortunately contained a mistake.
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Thomas Frauenfelder.
: The authors Dr. Martini, Ms. Gygax, Dr. Benden and Dr. Frauenfelder declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Dr. Morgan reports personal fees from Bioxydyn Ltd, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from GSK, outside the submitted work.Dr. Parker reports personal fees from Bioxydyn Ltd, during the conduct of the study. In addition, Dr. Parker has a patent PCT/GB2008/001390 issued, and a patent PCT/GB2010/001989 issued.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution