Schmidt, Christian
Öner, Alper
Mann, Miriam
Krockenberger, Katja
Abbondanzieri, Melanie
Brandewiede, Bernard
Brüge, Armin
Hostenkamp, Gisela
Kaiser, Axel
Neumeyer, Henriette
Ziegler, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-5397
Funding for this research was provided by:
Joint Federal Committee (01NVF16003)
Article History
Received: 6 November 2017
Accepted: 18 January 2018
First Online: 20 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Rostock on 18 July 2017, and its registration number is A 2017–0117.Written informed consent for trial participation will be obtained from all patients prior to randomization.
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: Armin Brüge is an employee of Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH. Drs. Henriette Neumeyer and Gisela Hostenkamp are employees of Philips GmbH Market DACH. Dr. Katja Krockenberger is an employee of AMEDON GmbH, and Bernard Brandewiede is CEO of AMEDON GmbH. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.
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