Shahpasand-Kroner, Hedieh
Klafki, Hans-W.
Bauer, Chris
Schuchhardt, Johannes
Hüttenrauch, Melanie
Stazi, Martina
Bouter, Caroline
Wirths, Oliver
Vogelgsang, Jonathan
Wiltfang, Jens
Article History
Received: 28 June 2018
Accepted: 12 November 2018
First Online: 8 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The collection and archiving of biological samples and clinical data in strictly pseudonymous form in a local biobank and their use in biomarker research were approved by the ethics committee of the University Goettingen (9/2/16). Written informed consent was obtained prior to the inclusion in the biobank from all participants or their legal representatives. All procedures involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
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