El-Magd, Essam S.
Schouten, Robbert W.
Nadort, Els
Shaw, Prataap K. Chandie
Smets, Yves F.C.
Vleming, Louis-Jean
Dekker, Friedo W.
Broekman, Birit F.P.
Honig, Adriaan
Siegert, Carl E.H.
Article History
Received: 27 October 2021
Accepted: 10 July 2023
First Online: 24 July 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the medical ethics committee of the Medical Research Ethics Committees United (MEC-U) of which the initiating hospital the OLVG is associated with. All medical research bureaus of participating centers and their associated centers (Haga hospital, HMC Hospital and VU University Medical Centre) evaluated the approval and signed a research declaration in accordance with Dutch external testing guideline (RET 2012) of the Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO). 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. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Legal guardians signed informed consent for participants who were unable to sign the informed consent themselves, either due to cognitive disabilities or illiteracy.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.