Siristatidis, Charalampos http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-6623
Stavros, Sofoklis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-286X
Dafopoulos, Konstantinos http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-8097
Sergentanis, Theodoros http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9355-5528
Domali, Ekaterini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8899-3040
Drakakis, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0333
Loutradis, Dimitrios http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-594X
Article History
Received: 27 April 2021
Accepted: 25 June 2021
First Online: 12 July 2021
Declarations
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: All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the scientific council and by the bioethics committee and the scientific council of the hospital, prior to study initiation (EIRBM no 47/1/13-3-2017; 4/13-3-17) and the relevant committees, National Ethics Committee and National Organization for Medicines, respectively (EED 46-17/23-6-2017; EOF IS 44-17/40345/2017), and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The protocol was registered in the relevant databases (NCT03423527; study name: hCG-GR-001-2016; EudraCT Number 2016-005208-24).
: All authors have given their consent for participation and publication of the study. All patients have signed the appropriate forms, for their inclusion in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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