Forgacova, Natalia
Holesova, Zuzana
Hekel, Rastislav
Sedlackova, Tatiana
Pos, Zuzana
Krivosikova, Lucia
Janega, Pavol
Kuracinova, Kristina Mikus
Babal, Pavel
Radvak, Peter
Radvanszky, Jan
Gazdarica, Juraj
Budis, Jaroslav
Szemes, Tomas
Article History
Received: 28 February 2022
Accepted: 15 December 2022
First Online: 10 January 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, revised in 2013, and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, protocol code 21–49, on 8 April 2021. In accordance with § 48 Sect. 3 of Act No. 581/2004 Coll. the Health Care Surveillance Authority of the Slovak Republic orders the performance of an autopsy during which the indicated laboratory examinations are carried out. In accordance with § 48 Sect. 14 of Act No 581/2004 Coll. in connection with the performance of autopsies, the Authority shall take biological material from dead bodies for diagnostic, research, and development purposes and for other purposes specified by law. We confirm that the analyses included in this publication were performed after the patient’s death as part of the laboratory tests performed during the autopsy. The patients signed informed consent is therefore not relevant for these examinations. The Health Care Surveillance Authority agrees with the publication of the results of the analyses, which are anonymised and do not contain any personal data that could lead to the identification of the patient.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.