Article History
Received: 9 November 2022
Accepted: 24 November 2023
First Online: 14 December 2023
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (Vote no. 16-5661, June 20, 2016). The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent has been obtained from all study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest in relation to this work.