Mondoni, Michele
Carlucci, Paolo
Cipolla, Giuseppe
Fois, Alessandro
Gasparini, Stefano
Marani, Silvia
Centanni, Stefano
Sotgiu, Giovanni
Article History
Received: 8 November 2018
Accepted: 29 January 2019
First Online: 11 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The contents of the study were carefully explained to the patient before his/her recruitment. Written informed consent was signed by all recruited patients. The study protocol was approved by the ethical committee of the Coordinating Center (San Paolo Hospital of Milan Ethics Committee; Protocol number: n. 11370; 24 July 2013) and by all ethical committees of the other Italian participating hospitals (Mantua, Lodi, Sassari, Ancona).
: Not applicable.
: Prof. Giovanni Sotgiu is Section Editor of BMC Pulmonary Medicine; Dr. Michele Mondoni is Associate Editor of BMC Pulmonary Medicine. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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