Bohlok, Ali
Mercier, Camille
Bouazza, Fikri
Galdon, Maria Gomez
Moretti, Luigi
Donckier, Vincent
El Nakadi, Issam
Liberale, Gabriel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-1588
Article History
Received: 3 December 2018
Accepted: 30 May 2019
First Online: 19 June 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: All patients provided written informed consent, and the study was approved by the Institutional Scientific Committee (protocol 016) and the Ethics Committee of Institut Jules Bordet (CE2830).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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