Gijs, Jeroen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9950-6874
Cleeren, Evy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0592-1354
Macea, Jaiver https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7645-897X
Vandenberghe, Wim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-5062
Delva, Aline https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-2314
Vanderlinden, Greet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5673-4121
Van Laere, Koen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5200-7245
Deckers, Wies
Smeijers, Steven https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-1022
Theys, Tom https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7595-3234
Van Loon, Johannes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4684-0051
Scheldeman, Lauranne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-3550
Jansen, Katrien
Demaerel, Philippe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-0519
Dupont, Patrick https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-2540
Van Paesschen, Wim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8535-1699
Goffin, Karolien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7453-0229
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Article History
Received: 16 January 2026
Accepted: 20 March 2026
First Online: 10 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee UZ/KU Leuven.
: All participants in the in-house healthy control cohorts provided written informed consent. For the retrospective patient cohort, the Ethics Committee approved the use of data based on the institutional opt-out consent procedure.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the data.
: The authors report no competing interests.