title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Unit of Respiratory Diseases, Virgen del Rocio Hospital, Seville, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: luisoneumo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jara-Palomares
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Unit of Respiratory Diseases, Virgen del Rocio Hospital, Seville, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Remedios
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.affiliation: Statistics, Methodology and Research Evaluation Unit, Andalusian Public Foundation for Health Research Management, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Praena-Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Medical Surgical Unit of Respiratory Diseases, Virgen del Rocio Hospital, Seville, Spain; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elias-Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol de Badalona, Barcelona, Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monreal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms