Meng, Wei
Johnsen, Kay-Martin
Fenton, Christopher G.
Florholmen, Jon
Paulssen, Ruth H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Article History
Received: 10 November 2022
Revised: 10 May 2023
Accepted: 11 May 2023
First Online: 18 May 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approvals were granted by the Regional Committee of Medical Ethics of Northern Norway, Ref no: 14/2004, 1349/2012 and 29895/2020. The samples were taken from an established biobank approved by the Norwegian Board of Health (952/2006). Written informed consent has been obtained from the study participants to publish this paper.
: The authors declare no competing interests.