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Article History

Received: 2 September 2025

Accepted: 3 April 2026

First Online: 20 April 2026

Declarations

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: The study protocol was approved by the institutional ethics and research review boards and is in accordance with Belgian and International law (Helsinki declaration) (Comité d’éthique hospitalo-facultaire number 021/406- Hopitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles- Faculté de Médecine- Université Libre de Bruxelles route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium; clinical trial number 587). Patients signed a written informed consent upon admission to the hospital. Patients chose at admission whether to opt in or to opt out of providing consent, which affirms that physicians have the right to use surplus patient biological material for research. We have obtained informed consent from all patients for the use of residual tissue samples.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.