Poetter-Lang, Sarah
Staufer, Katharina
Baltzer, Pascal
Tamandl, Dietmar
Muin, Dina
Bastati, Nina
Halilbasic, Emina
Hodge, Jacqueline C.
Trauner, Michael
Kazemi-Shirazi, Lili
Ba-Ssalamah, Ahmed http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-404X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Supported by funds of the Austrian National Bank (project number: AP15711ONB)
Article History
Received: 26 December 2017
Revised: 27 June 2018
Accepted: 3 July 2018
First Online: 27 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah.
: Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah received honoraria for lectures and consultancy from Bayer but disclosed no relation to the present article.The other authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Michael Weber kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.Additionally, one of the authors has significant statistical expertise (Pascal Baltzer).
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • Prospective/retrospective• Observational study• Performed at one institution