About the Authors

Konstantinos Samitas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Dept. and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece, Central Bronchoscopy Unit, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Lykourgos Kolilekas

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Respiratory Medicine Dept. and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Ioannis Vamvakaris

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathology Dept., Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Charalampos Gkogkou

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathology Dept., HistoBioDiagnosis Laboratory, Athens, Greece

Petros Filippousis

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Mina Gaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Dept. and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece, Central Bronchoscopy Unit, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Eleftherios Zervas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lefzervas@yahoo.gr

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Dept. and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece, Central Bronchoscopy Unit, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.