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Conflict of Interest Statement

E. Baraldi has served on the scientific advisory board for Aerocrine (Sweden). J.C. de Jongste acted as scientific consultant of Aerocrine, manufacturer of NO analyzers. A. Deykin was paid $500 for serving on an advisory board for Aerocrine US in March 2003. R. A. Dweik does not have a financial relationship with a commercial entity that has an interest in the subject of this manuscript. S.C. Erzurum does not have a financial relationship with a commercial entity that has an interest in the subject of this manuscript. S.C. George has a U.S. Patent that is currently licensed by Aerocrine AB; No revenue has been received to date. In addition, Aerocrine AB has provided him with a NIOX instrument as a gift. D. Laskowski is a paid consultant for Aerocrine AB; he receives $8,400 per year for this function. He owns Physiologic Measurements Systems LLC, which builds mouthpieces to measure NO offline and sample collection bags. The total income for this activity is less than $2,000 per year. J.O. Lundberg is a co-founder of Aerocrine AB and also owns shares in this company that manufactures and sells equipment for measurements of exhaled NO. N. Marczin does not have a financial relationship with a commercial entity that has an interest in the subject of this manuscript. S. Mehta does not have a financial relationship with a commercial entity that has an interest in the subject of this manuscript. P.E. Silkoff has served as consultant to Aerocrine AB 2002–2004, and Ionics Sievers 1997–2001. He is the joint owner of US and European patents for the restricted breath technique for exhaled NO measurement, for which he receives royalties from Ionics-Sievers Instruments.

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