Siméon, Soline
Massy, Ziad
Højlund, Kurt
Lalic, Katarina
Porcellati, Francesca
Dekker, Jacqueline
Petrie, John
Currie, Gemma
Balkau, Beverley http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-413X
Article History
Received: 14 September 2017
Accepted: 14 May 2018
First Online: 31 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by ethics committees in each recruitment centre:1. University of Pisa Ethics Committee, Pisa, ITALY;2. East London and The City Research Ethics Committee 1 then East London REC 1, Whitechapel, London, UNITED KINGDOM;3. Ethics Committee, VU university medical center – VUMC, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS;4. North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1 Ethics Committee, Newcastle, UNITED KINDGOM;5. Comité Consultative de Protection des Personnes dans la Recherche Biomedicale De Lyon A, Lyon, FRANCE;6. Scientific Ethical Committee of the Counties of Vejle and Funen, Odense, DENMARK;7. The Adelaide & Meath Hospital Ethics Committee, Dublin, IRELAND;8. Ceas Umbria Comitato Etico Aziende Sanitarie, Perugia, ITALY;9. Hopitaux Universitaire de Genève, Comité d’éthique, Geneva, SWITZERLAND;10. Ethics Committee of the Landesarztekammer Hesse Im Vogelsgesang 3, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY;11. Lunds Universite Medicinska Fakulteten Forksningsetikkommitten, Lund, SWEDEN;12. Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia “Agostino Gemelli” Comitato Etico, Rome, ITALY;13. North Glasgow University Hospital West Ethics Committee West Infirmary, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM;14. Ethik Kommission der Medizinischen Universitat Weibn und des Allgemeinen Krankenhauses der Stadt Wein Akh, Vienne, AUSTRIA;15. Hospital Universitario de La Princesa Comitato Etico de Investigacion Clinica, Madrid, SPAIN;16. Research Committee of Araiteion Hospital, Athens, GREECE;17. Comitato Etico della Fondazione Centro San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Milan, ITALY;18. Klinicki Centar Srbje Eticki Komiter, Belgrade, SERBIA;19. Tutkimuseettinen Toimikunta Kuopio Yliopistollinen Sairaala, Kuopio, FINLAND.The declaration of Helsinki was adhered to and participants gave written informed consent to participate.
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