About the Authors

Harm A. W. M. Tiddens

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

h.tiddens@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department and Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Joe McIntosh

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aruvant Biotech, New York, NY, United States of America

J. Stuart Elborn

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Eitan Kerem

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and CF Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Nynke Bouma

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jochem Bosch

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mariette Kemner-van de Corput

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department and Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

JM worked at the time of the manuscript preparation at PTC and owns stock of PTC, he supplied us with relevant data when requested and he critically read the manuscript and gave relevant input where needed fulfilling all requirements for co-authorship. EK received a research grant through his hospital to perform the ataluren Phase III study and acted as Medical & Scientific Consulting Board member and received reimbursement for his time and for travel expenses. HT is director of the Erasmus MC LungAnalysis laboratory, he is a co-inventor of PRAGMACF which is patented. All financial aspects of the patent are handled by the Erasmus MC.