Ramphal, Winesh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7848-2447
Boeding, Jeske R. E.
Schreinemakers, Jennifer M. J.
Gobardhan, Paul D.
Rutten, Harm J. T.
Crolla, Rogier M. P. H.
Article History
First Online: 3 June 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: For ethical approval, we consulted the national institutional review board’s Medical research Ethics Committees United (MEC-U). Referring to this study (reference number W17.073), confirmation was received that the Medical Research Involving Human Subject Act (WMO) does not apply; therefore, official approval of this study by the MEC-U was not required under the WMO. We also consulted the institutional review board of Amphia Hospital (AMOA), and they confirmed that no formal written waiver of ethics approval was required, because of the retrospective design of the study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.