Fink, Christoph A.
Friedrich, Mirco
Frey, Pia-Elena
Rädeker, Lukas
Leuck, Alexander
Bruckner, Thomas
Feisst, Manuel
Tenckhoff, Solveig
Klose, Christina
Dörr-Harim, Colette
Neudecker, Jens
Mihaljevic, André L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-657X
Article History
Received: 27 December 2017
Accepted: 4 October 2018
First Online: 29 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was granted by the independent ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg on 11 September 2017 (version 1.1; reference S-466/2017) including the patient information material and informed consent form. The ethic approval of other participating centres is currently sought. All protocol amendments must be reported to and approved by the participating independent ethics committees.
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