Bailer, Maximilian
Stein, Eva M.
Sprügel, Maximilian I.
Mestermann, Stefan
Spitzer, Philipp
Utz, Janine
Zirlik, Sabine
Fuchs, Florian S.
Kornhuber, Johannes
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Article History
Received: 5 June 2024
Accepted: 26 August 2024
First Online: 10 September 2024
Declarations
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: The study was submitted to the local ethics committee (Ethikkommission der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, 91054 Erlangen) and was approved on April 28, 2023 (Reference No. 23-134-Br). Since the study involved a retrospective analysis of data collected during routine clinical procedures to which the participants had already given their consent, the ethics committee waived the need for additional consent for this study according to national regulations. All patient data were anonymised to ensure confidentiality and privacy. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: MS reported receiving grants from the Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Marohn Foundation, and Doktor Robert Pfleger Stiftung for work outside the submitted work. The other authors report no competing interests.