Acién, Pedro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5773-1862
Nohales-Alfonso, Francisco J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-5472
Sánchez-Ferrer, Maria-Luisa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-5229
Sánchez-Lozano, Miguel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7520-8522
Navarro-Lillo, Victoria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-679X
Acién, Maribel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6536-453X
Funding for this research was provided by:
UMH (Ayuda a la trasferencia tecnológica 2017,)
FISABIO (Ayuda para el desarrollo de proyectos de innovación y transferencia tecnológica, convocatoria 2018)
Article History
Received: 30 April 2019
Accepted: 7 November 2019
First Online: 26 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: <i>Institutional review board approval:</i> This clinical study was approved by the Ethical Clinical Investigation Committee of San Juan University Hospital on September 27, 2016 to be conducted in the participating centers; and it was authorized by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) on April 24, 2017 (exp. no. 585/16/EC), to be carried out in the following hospitals: Hospital Clínico de Valencia, Hospital Universitario “La Fe” (Valencia), Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Hospital Universitario de San Juan (San Juan de Alicante), Hospital General Universitario (Alicante), Instituto de Ginecología “Prof P Acién Álvarez”, Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja (Alicante), Hospital Universitario del Vinalopó (Elche), and Hospital Universitario “Virgen de la Arrixaca” (Murcia).All participating patients (or their parent) signed the informed consent to participate in the study.
: All participating patients (or their parent) signed the informed consent to participate in the study as well as their data and images (without personal identification) being used for diagnostic and scientific publication purposes.
: The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests.