Van der Linden, Lorenz http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5195-1891
Hias, Julie
Dreessen, Lisa
Milisen, Koen
Flamaing, Johan
Spriet, Isabel
Tournoy, Jos
Article History
Received: 21 July 2017
Accepted: 25 June 2018
First Online: 3 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial design was approved the Ethics Committee of the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium (reference number: ML9908). Patients were considered for inclusion if written informed consent was provided by the patients, or by their relatives in case of them being unable to provide consent.
: Not applicable.
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