Lehnerer, Sophie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-027X
,
Hotter, Benjamin
Padberg, Inken
Knispel, Petra
Remstedt, Dike
Liebenau, Andrea
Grittner, Ulrike
Wellwood, Ian
Meisel, Andreas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01EO0801)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Exc257)
Article History
Received: 1 March 2019
Accepted: 27 August 2019
First Online: 6 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study received ethics approval by the institutional ethics committee of Charité University Medicine Berlin (reference EA1/183/14). All participants gave informed written consent either themselves or via a legal representative. In this case the patients haven’t been able due to their motoric or cognitive limitations to sign for themselves. The legal representative was installed before participation in the study by the primary treating physicians in accordance with the legal requirements and was able to prove this with a legal document.
: Not applicable.
: Author Andreas Meisel is an editorial board member of BMC Neurology.