Young, Laura K.
Matthew, Shona Z.
Houston, J. Graeme
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union's 7th Framework Program (324487)
Article History
Received: 26 July 2018
Revised: 14 August 2018
Accepted: 28 August 2018
First Online: 1 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. J. G. Houston.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Guerbet. LY is currently receiving PhD sponsorship, while SM and GH have previously received research and educational support grants.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because the data controller, Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee, has approval to use anonymised patient data for the purposes of population-based health research such as the one conducted in this study.
: Whilst this study was performed only on patient data, Institutional Review Board approval was obtained from the East of Scotland Research Ethics Committee and NHS Caldicott Guardian
: • Retrospective• Observational• Performed at one institution