Nguyen, Hien Thi Thu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4175-0927
Stoico, Malene Pontoppidan
Le, Vang Quy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2035-8619
Thomsen, Jakob Holm Dalsgaard
Krarup, Kasper Bygum https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-4335
Kristjansen, Karoline Assifuah https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5245-3823
Pedersen, Inge Søkilde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-8040
Krarup, Henrik Bygum https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-2428
Funding for this research was provided by:
Aalborg University Hospital
Article History
Received: 5 March 2025
Accepted: 18 April 2025
First Online: 21 May 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by The North Denmark Region Committee on Health Research Ethics (Protocol N-20200031).
: The investigation did not interfere with patient progress or treatment. The samples were gathered over 10 months, and all patients signed informed written consent for the collection of samples.
: All the authors have read and approved the paper, and it has not been published previously nor is it being considered by any other peer-reviewed journal.