Keane, Margaret G.
Kumar, Mayur
Cieplik, Natascha
Thorburn, Douglas
Johnson, Gavin J.
Webster, George J.
Chapman, Michael H.
Lindley, Keith J.
Pereira, Stephen P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Biomedical Research Centres funding scheme
Article History
Received: 14 December 2015
Accepted: 8 December 2017
First Online: 9 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was reviewed against the UK Health Research Authority definitions of research and was deemed to primarily be an evaluation of clinical service and therefore did not require formal ethical approval for the study or access to the clinical databases used in the study [CitationRef removed]. It was registered as a clinical audit project at University College London Hospitals. All patients received standard treatment in accordance with local and national guidelines, where available.
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