Grzegocka, Kinga http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-9544
Krzyściak, Paweł http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-9409
Hille-Padalis, Anna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-9301
Loster, Jolanta E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-0810
Talaga-Ćwiertnia, Katarzyna http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-9295
Loster, Bartłomiej W. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-5808
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (K/ZDS/003737)
Article History
Received: 1 April 2020
Accepted: 30 September 2020
First Online: 10 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The authors confirm that the ethical policies of the journal, as noted on the journal’s author guidelines page, have been adhered to. This study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (No. KBET/121/B/2012, 24th March 2012), and the study took place from October 2013 to December 2014. Before beginning work, we orally explained our study objectives and procedures to all participants, and obtained their permission to use their specimens in our study. Meanwhile, a written informed consent form was signed by each participant aged 16 years and over. Written informed consent was also obtained from the parents or guardians of participants under 16 years old.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.