Introducing transbronchial cryobiopsies in diagnosing diffuse parenchymal lung diseases in Greece: Implementing training into clinical practice

• 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

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• 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

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• Ioannis Vamvakaris,

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

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

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• Charalampos Gkogkou,

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

  Affiliation Pathology Dept., HistoBioDiagnosis Laboratory, Athens, Greece

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• 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

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• 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

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• Eleftherios Zervas

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

  * E-mail: 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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7436-4550

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