Merzou, Fatma
Kunzmann, Anna-Lena
Janitschke, Daniel
Valdueza, Jose
Landau, Benjamin
Roemer, Sebastian
Stolz, Erwin
Schappe, Laurin
Versace, Viviana
Kottackal, Steffen
Lochner, Piergiorgio
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes
Article History
Received: 23 September 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 20 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This article contains a prospective observational study performed by authors with human participants. It was conducted at the Neurology Department of a University Hospital. The local ethics committee (Ethikkommission der Ärztekammer des Saarlandes; no. 208/23) approved the study. All procedures were according to the ethical standards of the committee responsible for human experimentation (institutional and national) and the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, revised in 2013. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant or legal guardian.