Dettmar, Peter W. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-5025
Watson, Mark
McGlashan, Julian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6716-6089
Tatla, Taran http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-9297
Nicholaides, Andreas
Bottomley, Kirsty
Jarad, Nabil
Stapleton, Emma
Lenham, Rhianna K.
Fisher, Jeanine
Woodcock, Andrew D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Hull
Article History
Accepted: 4 November 2019
First Online: 6 December 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Peter W. Dettmar is a director of RD Biomed Limited and Rhianna K. Lenham. Jeanine Fisher and Andrew D. Woodcock are employed by RD Biomed Limited. Mark Watson, Julian McGlashan, Taran Tatla, Andreas Nicholaides, Kirsty Bottomley, Nabil Jarad and Emma Stapleton declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The patients and control subjects used in the present study were recruited following referral to an ENT clinic for routine diagnostic assessment for LPR. All patient and control subject data was anonymised prior to statistical analysis.
: The rights of participants whose data was used in the present study was not infringed. All the participants in the study were attending a clinic for routine diagnostic assessment for LPR. All data collected from all centres was anonymised and no personal data was ever discussed or used in the data analysis. Complete anonymity was achieved and maintained and no personal data identifying an individual was ever disclosed.
: 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 standards.