Holster, Annukka
Teräsjärvi, Johanna
Vuononvirta, Juho
Koponen, Petri
Peltola, Ville
Helminen, Merja
He, Qiushui
Korppi, Matti
Nuolivirta, Kirsi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-9449
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampereen Tuberkuloosisäätiö
Article History
Received: 27 November 2017
Accepted: 9 May 2018
First Online: 25 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of the Tampere University Hospital district, Tampere, Finland and with the 1964 WMA Helsinki Declaration. Before we enrolled the children we obtained informed parental consent, including the use of samples for genetic studies on bronchiolitis and asthma risk, both during hospitalization and at the control visit. The personal data of the study subjects were not given to the two laboratories that performed the genetic studies, the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland, and the Laboratory Center of Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. The STEPS study concerning the genetic control group of children was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland. A written, informed consent was obtained from the control children’s parents.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. No financial or non-financial benefits have been received or will be received from any party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.