Akshay, Akshay
Gheinani, Ali Hashemi
Besic, Mustafa
Braga, Sophie
Uldry, Anne-Christine
Heller, Manfred
Rehrauer, Hubert
Fournier, Catharine Aquino
Burkhard, Fiona C.
Monastyrskaya, Katia
Article History
Received: 24 August 2023
Accepted: 25 January 2024
First Online: 7 February 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval to conduct this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Canton of Bern, Switzerland (Die Kantonale Ethikkommission Bern (KEK); KEK 146/05 original study, KEK331/14 follow-up study), and all subjects gave written informed consent. We confirm that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study is not a clinical trial, it was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Record 331/2014, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01482676 because taking biopsies required written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.