About the Authors

Pierre-Régis Burgel

pierre-regis.burgel@cch.aphp.fr

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Jean-Louis Paillasseur

Affiliation Clindatafirst, Clamart, France

Bernard Peene

Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Daniel Dusser

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Nicolas Roche

Affiliation Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de l’Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP and Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Johan Coolen

Affiliation Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Thierry Troosters

Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marc Decramer

Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wim Janssens

Affiliation Respiratory Division, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRB MD WJ. Performed the experiments: PRB JLP. Analyzed the data: PRB JLP BP DD NR JC TT MD WJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRB JLP BP DD NR JC TT MD WJ. Wrote the paper: PRB JLP BP DD NR JC TT MD WJ.