Raikou, Vaia D.
Kyriaki, Despina
Article History
Received: 23 October 2018
Revised: 9 February 2019
Accepted: 11 March 2019
First Online: 15 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: 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. The study was approved by the Institutional review board (IRB)/Ethics Committee with an obtained IRB number E.S.931/5-12-2006 of the Hospitals “Laiko, University General Hospital of Athens” and Renal Unit of “Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens Hygeia SA”.
: Oral informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.