Winder, Klemens
Linker, Ralf A.
Seifert, Frank
Deutsch, Martina
Engelhorn, Tobias
Dörfler, Arnd
Lee, De-Hyung
Hösl, Katharina M.
Hilz, Max J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-5572
Article History
Received: 28 October 2017
Revised: 16 January 2018
Accepted: 22 January 2018
First Online: 1 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MJH reports grants and personal fees from Bayer HealthCare pharmaceuticals, during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from Genzyme, a Sanofi company, grants and personal fees from Novartis Pharma GmbH, outside the submitted work. DHL reports grants and personal fees from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, grants and personal fees from Biogen Idec, grants and personal fees from Merck Serono, grants and personal fees from Novartis Pharma GmbH, grants and personal fees from TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, outside the submitted work. RAL reports grants and personal fees from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, grants and personal fees from Biogen Idec, grants and personal fees from Merck Serono, grants and personal fees from Novartis Pharma GmbH, grants and personal fees from Roche, grants and personal fees from TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, and from Novartis foundation, outside the submitted work. RAL holds an endowed professorship supported by the Novartis Foundation.
: The study has been approved by the local ethics committee and has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent has been obtained for all study participants.