Funding for this research was provided by:
Cook Medical (This work was supported by an unrestricted research grant)
Besins Healthcare (This work was supported by an unrestricted research grant.)
Article History
Received: 6 June 2018
Accepted: 11 September 2018
First Online: 20 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was approved by the hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB) - B.U.N. 143201835921.
: A.G., I.S., and J.S. have no conflict of interest. M.D.V. received honoraria for lectures from MSD, Cook Medical, Besins, and Ferring and he is the principal investigator of a research program funded by the FWO Board and the Board of Trustees of the F.R.S.-FNRS (application no. 30443682 submitted as part of the “Excellence of Science - EOS” Call 2017). H.T. reports grants from Cook, during the conduct of the study; grants from Merck Serono; grants from MSD; grants from Goodlife; grants from Roche; grants from Besins; other from Finox; other from Abbott; other from ObsEva, grants from Ferring; grants from Research Fund of Flanders (FWO); and grants from Ferring, outside the submitted work.