Bulinski, Catherine
Viard, Maxime
Vlazak, Alexander
Habig, Kathrin
Juenemann, Martin
Best, Christoph
Schirotzek, Ingo
Kaps, Manfred
Krämer, Heidrun H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-1304
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 7 June 2021
Accepted: 25 August 2021
First Online: 6 December 2021
Declarations
:
: The study was supported by §2 Forschungsförderung of the UKGM Gießen to HHK.
: The authors report no conflicts of interest.
: The data can be obtained from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: N.A.
: HHK, IS, and MK designed the study. CB and AV performed material preparation, data collection, and analysis. CB and HHK performed statistical analyses. CB, MJ, CB, MV and HHK performed data interpretation. HHK wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: The study received approval from the local ethics committee of the medical association of the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen (182/14).
: Informed and written consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki from a legal guardian or a close relative was obtained upon inclusion, with retrospective patient consent obtained later. Written consent was obtained from the healthy controls.
: All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript and gave their consent for publication.