Lung Function Variability in Children and Adolescents With and Without Asthma (LUV Study): Protocol for a Prospective, Nonrandomized, Clinical Trial

Eirini-Sofia Frima   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Ilias Theodorakopoulos   ^{2, 3} , BSc, DPhil ;   Dimos Gidaris   ⁴ , MD, DPhil ;   Nikolaos Karantaglis   ⁵ , MD ;   Grigorios Chatziparasidis   ⁶ , MD, DPhil ;   Panagiotis Plotas   ⁷ , MD, DPhil ;   Michael Anthracopoulos   ^{1, 2} , MD, DPhil ;   Sotirios Fouzas   ^{1, 2} , MD, DPhil

¹ Pediatric Respiratory Unit, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece

² Pediatric Respiratory Research Group, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

³ Electronics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

⁴ University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

⁵ Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, 3rd Pediatric Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

⁶ Department of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

⁷ Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece