Zhytnik, Lidiia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4682-0402
Maasalu, Katre
Duy, Binh Ho
Pashenko, Andrey
Khmyzov, Sergey
Reimann, Ene
Prans, Ele
Kõks, Sulev
Märtson, Aare
Funding for this research was provided by:
Estonian Ministry of Education and Research (IUT20–46, DIOXMED, EVMED)
H2020 ERA-chair grant (668989, project Transgeno)
Article History
Received: 17 December 2018
Accepted: 20 May 2019
First Online: 3 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration and authorized by the Ethical Review Committee on Human Research of the University of Tartu (Permit no. 221/M-34), the Ethical Review Board of Hue University Hospital (approval No. 75/CN-BVYD), and the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology of the Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences.
: Informed written consent was collected from all subjects and controls, or their legal representatives, prior to their participation in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.