Luetkens, Julian A.
Schlesinger-Irsch, Ulrike
Kuetting, Daniel L.
Dabir, Darius
Homsi, Rami
Doerner, Jonas
Schmeel, Frederic C.
Fimmers, Rolf
Sprinkart, Alois M.
Naehle, Claas P.
Schild, Hans H.
Thomas, Daniel
Article History
Received: 2 November 2016
Revised: 13 March 2017
Accepted: 12 April 2017
First Online: 12 May 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Dr. Daniel Thomas.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: The authors state that this work has not received any funding.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case-control study• performed at one institution