Alarcan, Hugo
Veyrat-Durebex, Charlotte
Pradat, Pierre-François
Cassereau, Julien
Destee, Alain
Couratier, Philippe
Camu, William
Neau, Jean-Philippe
Fleury-Lesaunier, Marie-Céline
Emond, Patrick
Dufour, Diane
Al Ojaimi, Yara
Lefèvre, Antoine
Vourc’h, Patrick
Corcia, Philippe
Andres, Christian R.
Blasco, Hélène
Funding for this research was provided by:
CHRU de Tours
Article History
Received: 3 February 2026
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 28 May 2026
Declarations
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: The METABALS study was approved by the ethical committee of the Tours Hospital. All patients provided written informed consent. The study was registered on Clinicaltrial.gov under the registration number NC T01962311 in February 2013.
: The authors declare no competing interests.