Boers, Stefan A.
Hiltemann, Saskia D.
Stubbs, Andrew P.
Jansen, Ruud
Hays, John P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Erasmus University
Article History
Received: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 16 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: An acknowledged national ethics committee from the Netherlands (Medisch Ethische Toetsingscommissie Noord-Holland, http://www.metc.nl) approved the study protocol (M015–021), and all experiments were performed on leftover material of the included clinical samples in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The national ethics committee waived the need for participant consent as all data were anonymized and analyzed retrospectively under code.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.