Kahle, Xaver U. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8248-7008
Hovingh, Menno
Noordzij, Walter
Seitz, Annika
Diepstra, Arjan
Visser, Lydia
van den Berg, Anke
van Meerten, Tom
Huls, Gerwin
Boellaard, Ronald
Kwee, Thomas C.
Nijland, Marcel
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Medical Center Groningen
Article History
Received: 28 November 2018
Revised: 28 February 2019
Accepted: 18 March 2019
First Online: 26 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is M. Nijland.
: The authors declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study. This study utilised rest material from patients, the use of which is regulated under the code for good clinical practice in the Netherlands and does not require informed consent in accordance with Dutch regulations.
: According to Dutch regulations, no medical ethical committee approval was required for this retrospective, observational study. A waiver was obtained from the medical ethics committee of the UMCG on November 13, 2018.
: This is a retrospective observational study performed at one institution.