Unmet needs for the assessment of small airways dysfunction in asthma: introduction to the ATLANTIS study.

Dirkje S. Postma, Chris Brightling, Leo Fabbri, Thys van der Molen, Gabriele Nicolini, Alberto Papi, Klaus F. Rabe, Salman Siddiqui, Dave Singh, Maarten van den Berge and Monica Kraft Affiliations: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Dept of Pulmonology, Groningen, The Netherlands. Dept of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Dept of Oncology Haematology and Respiratory Disease, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Global Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Parma, Italy. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. Dept of Medicine, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel and LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Grosshansdorf, Germany (Members of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)). Dept of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK. Medicines Evaluation Unit, University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Dept of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.