de Vries, Maaike http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-8174
van der Plaat, Diana A
Nedeljkovic, Ivana
Verkaik-Schakel, Rikst Nynke
Kooistra, Wierd
Amin, Najaf
van Duijn, Cornelia M
Brandsma, Corry-Anke
van Diemen, Cleo C
Vonk, Judith M
Marike Boezen, H
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lung foundation Netherlands (4.1.13.007)
Stichting Astmabestrijding (2017/015)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2018
Accepted: 28 September 2018
First Online: 3 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: <i>LifeLines Groningen.</i>Written informed consents was provided by all included subjects and the study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center Groningen (2007/152).<i>Lung tissue cohort.</i>Lung tissue was collected from patients undergoing lung resection, lung volume reduction or transplant surgery in Groningen (The Netherlands) in accordance with the Research Code of the University Medical Center Groningen and Dutch national ethical and professional guidelines.
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