Brenet Defour, Lucie
Mulé, Sébastien
Tenenhaus, Arthur
Piardi, Tullio
Sommacale, Daniele
Hoeffel, Christine
Thiéfin, Gérard http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8626-8352
Article History
Received: 20 February 2018
Revised: 3 July 2018
Accepted: 24 July 2018
First Online: 29 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. G Thiéfin, Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie et de Cancérologie Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, France
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Two of the authors (A. Tenenhaus, PhD and S. Mulé, MD, PhD) have statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study. In accordance with French law, this retrospective study on medical records has been authorised by the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (authorisation number 111 85 23), allowing the computerised management of the medical data at the Reims University Hospital. The participants were informed of the possibility of using the information concerning them, for biomedical research purposes, and had a right of opposition.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required. In accordance with French law, this retrospective study on medical records has been authorised by the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (authorisation number 111 85 23), allowing the computerised management of the medical data at the Reims University Hospital. The participants were informed of the possibility of using the information concerning them, for biomedical research purposes, and had a right of opposition.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution