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      Comparison of different analysis algorithms to calculate multiple-breath washout outcomes 

      Anagnostopoulou, Pinelopi; Kranz, Nadja; Wolfensberger, Jeremias; Guidi, Marisa; Nyilas, Sylvia; Koerner-Rettberg, Cordula; Yammine, Sophie; Singer, Florian; Latzin, Philipp (2018)
      Lung clearance index (LCI) is the main outcome of the multiple-breath washout (MBW) test. Current recommendations for LCI acquisition are based on low-grade evidence. The aim of this study was to challenge those recommendations ...
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      The international primary ciliary dyskinesia cohort (iPCD cohort): Methods and first results 

      Goutaki, Myrofora; Maurer, Elisabeth; Halbeisen, Florian S.; Amirav, Israel; Barbato, Angelo; Behan, Laura; Boon, Mieke; Casaulta, Carmen; Clement, Annick; Haarman, Eric G.; Hogg, Claire; Karadag, Bulent; Koerner-Rettberg, Cordula; Leigh, Margaret W.; Loebinger, Michael R.; Mazurek, Henryk; Morgan, Lucy; Nielsen, Kim G.; Omran, Heymut; Schwerk, Nicolaus; Scigliano, S.; Werner, C.; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Zivkovic, Z.; Lucas, Jane S.; Kuehni, Claudia E. (2017)
      Data on primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) epidemiology is scarce and published studies are characterised by low numbers. In the framework of the European Union project BESTCILIA we aimed to combine all available datasets ...