Brahimetaj, Redona
Willekens, Inneke
Massart, Annelien
Forsyth, Ramses
Cornelis, Jan
Mey, Johan De
Jansen, Bart
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWOSB65)
Article History
Received: 18 May 2021
Accepted: 20 December 2021
First Online: 11 February 2022
Declarations
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: The ethics committee (Commissie Medische Ethiek) at UZ Brussels has approved the study (the ethical committee: Ethical committee University Hospital UZ Brussel and Faculty of Medicine Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB; ethics committee number: B.U.N. 143 2014 20884). The ethical committee has waived patient informed consent as the study is governed by the Belgian law on the acquisition and use of human tissue (dec 2008). Should it be necessary, the ethical committee can provide further motivation for this decision. All experimental procedures were carried out according to the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. This is an original study whose results have not been published elsewhere.