Pantelis, Pavlos
Tremoulis, Dimitrios Christos
Evangelou, Konstantinos
Bakouros, Panagiotis
Magkouta, Sophia
Ntintas, Orestis A.
Veroutis, Dimitris
Theocharous, Giorgos
Kostopoulos, Ioannis V.
Thanos, Dimitris-Foivos
Chatziioannou, Eftychia
Anastasiou, Ioanna A.
Lagopati, Nefeli
Valakos, Dimitrios
Skaltsas, Dimitrios
Pop, Oltin Tiberiu
Abdou, Marie Therese
Gagos, Sarantis
Kletsas, Dimitris
Thanos, Dimitris
Stratigos, Alexandros J.
Röcken, Martin
Flatz, Lukas
Chrousos, George P.
Vlachakis, Dimitrios
Tsitsilonis, Ourania E.
Petty, Russell
Karamitros, Timokratis
Gorgoulis, Vassilis G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (20554)
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (3782, 2906)
General Secretariat for Research and Technology (2020ΣЕ01300001)
NKUA-SARG (70/3/8916)
Nicholas and Sofula Kotopoulos Trust (donation)
Article History
Received: 31 July 2025
Accepted: 27 October 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethikkommission Ostschweiz. The study was reviewed and approved by Bioethics Committee Ethikkommission Ostschweiz, EKOS 16/079, and informed consent was obtained from the patients .
: All authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.