Zhang, Shijia
Ikramuddin, Sayeed
Beckwith, Heather C.
Sheka, Adam C.
Wirth, Keith M.
Blaes, Anne H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-4810
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Innovation Research Grant)
Article History
First Online: 29 July 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Authors Shijia Zhang, Heather C. Beckwith, Adam C. Sheka, Keith M. Wirth, and Anne H. Blaes have nothing to disclose. Author Sayeed Ikramuddin received support from Medtronic for equipment for research studies, and Reshape Lifesciences for the grant support for clinical trials.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: This was a retrospective de-identified study so informed consent was not obtained.