Birtel, Theresa H.
Birtel, Johannes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7699-2112
Hess, Kristina
Clemens, Amelie C.
Lindner, Moritz http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-3421
Herrmann, Philipp
Holz, Frank G.
Gliem, Martin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-6655
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dr. Werner Jackstädt-Stiftung (S0134-10.22)
EYEnovative research award
BONFOR Gerok Program by the University of Bonn (2019-1A-13)
University Hospital Gießen and Marburg (15/2020MR)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Article History
Received: 27 August 2020
Revised: 22 March 2021
Accepted: 3 May 2021
First Online: 21 July 2021
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were following the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol and study documents were approved by the local ethics committee (Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Fakultät, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn). This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All authors declare no competing interests.
: The funding organizations had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health.