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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank all patients and their families who participated in this study. We thank the research trial nurses of the participating hospitals for their help in collecting the clinical data and questionnaires. In addition to the authors, the following investigators contributed to this study: A.M. Leliveld-Kors and T. Smilde. FUNDING This research was funded by Bayer The Netherlands. The funding organization had no role in the design and conduct of the study, collection, management, analysis, interpretation of the data, and preparation, review, or approval of the abstract or the manuscript.

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