Tschugg, Anja
Kavakebi, Pujan
Hartmann, Sebastian
Lener, Sara
Wipplinger, Christoph
Löscher, Wolfgang N.
Neururer, Sabrina
Wildauer, Matthias
Thomé, Claudius
Article History
Received: 30 December 2016
Accepted: 29 January 2018
First Online: 20 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was attained in Austria from the committee of the Medical University Innsbruck (AN2016–0168 365/4.1). The study complies with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects and Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Registration was required at Current Controlled Trials. (ExternalRef removed). Informed consent will be obtained from all study participants. All authors have read the manuscript and have made approval for publication of the manuscript, the figures and tables.
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