Hofmann, Britt http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-9623
Kaufmann, Claudia
Stiller, Markus
Neitzel, Thomas
Wienke, Andreas
Silber, Rolf-Edgar
Treede, Hendrik
Funding for this research was provided by:
TERUMO Europe NV, Leuven, Belgium
Article History
Received: 26 February 2018
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 21 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the local Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (ethical approval number 2012–7, May 24th, 2012).Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from each of the patients.
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