Ahnert, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1771-0856
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Creutz, Petra
Horn, Katrin
Schwarzenberger, Fabian
Kiehntopf, Michael
Hossain, Hamid
Bauer, Michael
Brunkhorst, Frank Martin
Reinhart, Konrad
Völker, Uwe
Chakraborty, Trinad
Witzenrath, Martin
Löffler, Markus
Suttorp, Norbert
Scholz, Markus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01KI07110, 01KI07111, 01KI07113, 01KI07114, 01KI1010I, 01KI1010D)
Deutsche Zentrum für Lungenforschung (82DZLJ19A2)
Article History
Received: 5 September 2018
Accepted: 7 January 2019
First Online: 4 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: In this manuscript, data from the PROGRESS study (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02782013) were used. PROGRESS was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Jena (2403–10/08) and by locally responsible ethics committees of each study center. All participants or their legal guardians gave written informed consent for participation in the study. Requirements of the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed] and the ICH-GCP guideline [CitationRef removed] were met.
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