Engels, Marie N.
Lüken-Darius, Britta
Oetzmann von Sochaczewski, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3469-777X
Heydweiller, Andreas C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-8030
Article History
Received: 3 April 2024
Accepted: 5 June 2024
First Online: 22 August 2024
Declarations
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: Retrospective studies with anonymization at the source—extracting only non-identifiable routinely collected information from the electronic patient records that may never be traced back to the individual patient—are exempt from ethical approval in the jurisdiction of the authors. The use of data for scientific reasons that were anonymized at the source and collected during routine clinical treatment is allowed by law, which vows the necessity for individual consent in retrospective studies in the jurisdiction of the authors.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.