Acknowledgments
Steven Pauwels, Djalila Mekahli, Pieter Vermeersch and Karel Allegaert are supported by the Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders (Clinical Fellowship 1700314N and 1700613N, Fundamental Clinical Investigatorship 1842013N and 1800214N) and has been supported by an IWT-SBO project (130033).
Conflict of interest statement
Authors’ conflict of interest disclosure: The authors stated that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this article. Research funding played no role in thestudy design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretationof data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision tosubmit the report for publication.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared
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