Hengst, Meike
Naehrlich, Lutz
Mahavadi, Poornima
Grosse-Onnebrink, Joerg
Terheggen-Lagro, Suzanne
Skanke, Lars Høsøien
Schuch, Luise A.
Brasch, Frank
Guenther, Andreas
Reu, Simone
Ley-Zaporozhan, Julia
Griese, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-912X
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (305653)
German Center for lung research
German Center for lung research
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (A16125)
Curetis, Holzgerlingen, Germany
Article History
Received: 13 November 2017
Accepted: 1 March 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (EK 111-13).
: Informed consent to report individual patient data was obtained by all patients old enough to consent, and their parents or guardians.
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