About the Authors

Alexandru Florian Crişan

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Cristian Oancea

oancea@umft.ro

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Bogdan Timar

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Ovidiu Fira-Mladinescu

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Voicu Tudorache

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CO OFM VT. Performed the experiments: CFA. Analyzed the data: BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFA CO. Wrote the paper: CFA CO BT OFM VT.