E. Samadi, Moein https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3916-1085
Nikulina, Kateryna
Fritsch, Sebastian Johannes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-8584
Schuppert, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3783-6605
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen
Article History
Received: 28 July 2024
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 13 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All experimental protocols were approved by the Ethics Committee of the RWTH Aachen Faculty of Medicine (local Ethics Committee reference number: EK 102/19, date of approval: 26.03.2019). As well, the Ethics Committee of the RWTH Aachen Faculty of Medicine (local Ethics Committee reference number: EK 102/19, date of approval: 26.03.2019) waived the need to obtain Informed consent for the collection and retrospective analysis of the de-identified data as well as the publication of the results of the analysis. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.