Riddell, Amy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6072-0240
Kirkwood, John
Smallwood, Miranda
Winyard, Paul
Knight, Beatrice
Romanczuk, Lidia
Shore, Angela
Gilchrist, Mark
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mason medical research Trust (n/a)
Article History
Received: 19 June 2020
Accepted: 9 October 2020
First Online: 20 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Recruitment and sample collection was facilitated through the Royal Devon and Exeter Tissue Bank (RDETB), NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility. This is an ethically approved tissue bank, approved by the South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee (REC reference number 16/SC/0162). It was set up to collect and store “spare” tissue available at the time of routine procedures. Its purpose is to support research into the mechanisms, initiation and progression of common diseases. As part of the overall RDETB project approval, responsibility for individual project specific approvals has been delegated to the RDETB Steering Committee, who approved the current project om 15/3/2017 (study codes CTB38/STB42). Fully informed written consent was obtained from all participants<i>.</i>
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.