Yagmur, Eray http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-2027
Sckaer, Johanna Hermine
Koek, Ger H.
Weiskirchen, Ralf http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-0931
Trautwein, Christian
Koch, Alexander http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4452-4151
Tacke, Frank http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6206-0226
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ta434/5-1)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2019
Accepted: 4 December 2019
First Online: 12 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to parcitipate
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki (ethics committee of the University Hospital Aachen, RWTH-University, Aachen, Germany, reference number EK 150/06). We secured written informed consent from the patient, the spouse or the legal guardian according to the German civil code BGB ยง1896.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.