Rowland, Marion http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-830X
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McGee, Allison
Broderick, Annemarie
Drumm, Brendan
Connolly, Lucy
Daly, Leslie E.
Drummond, Jennifer
Fitzpatrick, Emer
Linnane, Barry
McCormick, P. Aiden
McNally, Paul
Rainford, Louise
Bourke, Billy
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Article History
Received: 15 January 2019
Revised: 30 March 2020
Accepted: 1 April 2020
First Online: 1 May 2020
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committees of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin (for both healthy volunteers and children with cystic fibrosis) and by the National Children’s Hospital Tallaght, Children’s University Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin for participants with cystic fibrosis. Written informed consent was obtained from parents or guardians of children under 18 years of age for their child’s participation in the study with assent from the children. Participants over 18 years of age provided written informed consent for the study.