Funding for this research was provided by:
European Respiratory Society (CRC-2013-06)
Article History
Received: 17 March 2017
Accepted: 25 April 2018
First Online: 22 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the North West Ethics Committee- approval number 16-NW-0100. All patients provided written informed consent for participate.
: JDC reports grant support from AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bayer Healthcare, Grifols, Glaxosmithkline and Pfizer Ltd. outside the submitted work. MLC and EKD report no conflicts of interest.
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