Zander, Charlotte
Rau, Alexander
Lützen, Niklas
Wolf, Katharina
Volz, Florian
El Rahal, Amir
Krismer, Laura
Mast, Hansjörg
Reisert, Marco
Kellner, Elias
Beck, Jürgen
Urbach, Horst
Demerath, Theo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Article History
Received: 25 August 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the local Institutional Review Board (EK-Freiburg 24-1296-S1-retro). All procedures followed the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and comply with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Our study included an age-matched cohort of normal controls (ethics vote EK-Freiburg 104/20).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.