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France: The study was approved by Assistance Publique-H\u00f4pitaux de Paris and the institutional review boards at Bic\u00eatre teaching hospital (Comit\u00e9 de Protection des Personnes Ile de France, H\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique [PHRC-2009, Hypoproteo].","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethics approval"}},{"value":"France: All participants gave written informed consent according to the French Bioethics Law and the Declaration of Helsinki.","order":4,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Consent to participate"}}]}}