Steiner, Katrin
Baron-Stefaniak, Joanna
Hirschl, Alexander M.
Barousch, Wolfgang
Willinger, Birgit
Baron, David M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-7127
Article History
Received: 7 July 2020
Accepted: 23 November 2020
First Online: 1 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was performed at the Medical University of Vienna after approval by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna (#1664/2016). As only blood specimens sampled for routine clinical diagnostics were studied, the requirement for written informed consent to perform the study was waived by the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna. However, all individuals provided informed consent for blood to be withdrawn for clinical testing. Samples from minors were not included in the study. The study was performed following guidelines defined by the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.