Funding for this research was provided by:
AbbVie (n/a)
Article History
First Online: 21 September 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The study was sponsored by AbbVie. AbbVie contributed to the study design, research, and interpretation of data, and the writing, review, and approval of the publication.
: Ahmed Nader and Ahmed A. Othman are employees of AbbVie. Mukul Minocha is a former employee of AbbVie. All authors may hold AbbVie stock or stock options.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standard.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
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