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Leukocyte telomere length in paediatric critical illness: effect of early parenteral nutrition

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-1972-6

Published Online: 2018-02-21

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Verstraete, Sören

Vanhorebeek, Ilse

van Puffelen, Esther

Derese, Inge

Ingels, Catherine

Verbruggen, Sascha C.

Wouters, Pieter J.

Joosten, Koen F.

Hanot, Jan

Guerra, Gonzalo G.

Vlasselaers, Dirk

Lin, Jue

Van den Berghe, Greet http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-1362
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Vlaamse Overheid (METH/08/07, METH14/06, METH14/06, IWT/070695/TBM)

FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (AdvG-2012-321670)

Sophia Foundation

Fonds NutsOhra

Vereniging Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Article History

Received: 5 July 2017

Accepted: 31 January 2018

First Online: 21 February 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The institutional ethical review boards of the centres in Leuven (ML8052), Rotterdam (NL38772.000.12) and Edmonton (Pro00038098) approved the study, which was performed in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as revised in 1983. Written informed consent for participation in the trial, blood sampling and data analyses was obtained from the parents or legal guardians.

: Not applicable.

: JL is a co-founder and consultant of Telomere Diagnostics. The company played no role in the current study. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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