A Biophysical Basis for Mucus Solids Concentration as a Candidate Biomarker for Airways Disease

• David B. Hill ,

  * E-mail: dbhill@med.unc.edu

  Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Paula A. Vasquez,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• John Mellnik,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Scott A. McKinley,

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Aaron Vose,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Frank Mu,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Ashley G. Henderson,

  Affiliations Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Scott H. Donaldson,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Neil E. Alexis,

  Affiliation Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Richard C. Boucher,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• M. Gregory Forest

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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