Porzig, Ralf
Neugebauer, Sina
Heckmann, Thomas
Adolf, Daniela
Kaskel, Peter
Froster, Ursula G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
MSD Sharp and Dohme, Haar (not applicable)
Article History
Received: 8 February 2018
Accepted: 22 May 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Ethics Committee of the Saxony State Medical Board approved the study material at its meetings on August 21, 2017 and September 11, 2017 under file number EK-BR-51/17–1. This ethical approval covers all of the study sites that are used in this study. All patients provided informed consent prior to participation.
: The study is funded by MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH. SN and PK are full-time employees at MSD SHARP & DOHME GMBH, Lindenplatz 1, 85,540 Haar, Germany. RP, TH, DA, and UF declare no competing interests.
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