Academic Department of Pneumonology,
Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Medical
School, National and Kapodistrian University
of Athens; Hospital for Diseases of the Chest
“Sotiria”, Greece
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Demosthenes Bouros
Medical School, University of Athens,
Academic Department of Pneumonology,
Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”,
152 Messogion Ave. , Athens 11527, Greece
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