Kneipp, Annika
Kirchberger, Inge
Freuer, Dennis
Meisinger, Christine
Linseisen, Jakob
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
Article History
Received: 23 June 2026
Accepted: 30 August 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: Methods of data and bio-sample collection have been approved by the ethics committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (No. 20–0334; 13 July 2020), and the study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was registered at the DRKS (“Deutsches Register Klinischer Studien”) with the project number DRKS00028738.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.