Ernst, Gernot https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-0338
Watne, Leiv Otto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-6700
Rostrup, Morten
Neerland, Bjørn Erik https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-9146
Article History
Received: 23 September 2019
Accepted: 11 December 2019
First Online: 8 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was reviewed and accepted by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethic in South-East Norway (REK 2009/450).
: Informed consent was obtained from the patients or substitute decision-makers if the patients did not have the capacity to consent.