Oppong, Marvin Darkwah https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1021-5024
Witte, Annika
Dammann, Philipp
Rexhepi, Argtim
Ahmadipour, Yahya
Gümüs, Meltem
Li, Yan
Dinger, Thiemo Florin
Rauschenbach, Laurèl
Deuschl, Cornelius
Meška, Džiugas
Sure, Ulrich
Jabbarli, Ramazan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Article History
Received: 15 January 2026
Revised: 3 March 2026
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 23 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of University of Essen (Ethik-Kommission, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen; Approval No. 15-6331-BO) and was registered with the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS; ID DRKS00008749; Registration date: 06/09/2015).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants or their next of kin included in the study.
: N/A.
: The authors declare no competing interests.