Tiemann, Markus
Samoilova, Vera
Atiakshin, Dmitri
Buchwalow, Igor
Article History
Received: 28 January 2020
Accepted: 24 February 2020
First Online: 7 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects” and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Institute for Hematopathology, Hamburg, Germany (approval No. 383). All patients were informed of the investigational nature of this study and provided their written informed consent. The samples were qualified as redundant clinical specimens that had been de-identified and unlinked from patient information.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.