Raché, Malgorzata
Lükewille, Larissa
Vogelgesang, Antje
Lange, Anja
Ittermann, Till
Heckmann, Matthias
Ruhnau, Johanna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Article History
Received: 14 January 2026
Accepted: 30 July 2026
First Online: 1 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics Committee of University Medicine Greifswald (No. BB 026/18 and BB050/19). All patients and control individuals were aged ≥ 18 years and provided written informed consent before entering the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.