West, Joe
Stilwell, Peter
Liu, Hanhua
Ban, Lu
Bythell, Mary
Card, Tim
Lanyon, Peter
Nanduri, Vasanta
Rankin, Judith
Bishton, Mark
Crooks, Colin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Histio UK
UK Department of Health and Social Care
Article History
Received: 10 March 2023
Accepted: 29 March 2023
First Online: 26 May 2023
Declarations
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: No consent was obtained from individuals for this study as the data were collected and analysed under the National Disease Registries Directions 2021, made in accordance with sections 254(1) and 254(6) of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act. Ethical approval for this study was therefore not required per the definition of research according to the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research. The protocol was approved by the joint NDRS project board (reference PPF1920_027).
: Not applicable.
: All authors had financial support from Histio UK for the submitted work in the form of a research grant to the University of Nottingham; Dr. Lanyon is recipient of a research grant for an unrelated study from Vifor Pharma. Vifor Pharma had no influence on the design, conduct, or interpretation of this study. All authors declare no other authors declare no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.