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"Declarations Conflict of interestAll authors declare no conflict of interest. Ethical statementThe study was approved by the institutional ethics committee and the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human subjects were followed. Study approvalThis study protocol was reviewed and approved by Ethics Committee of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, approval number IIBSP-FEM-2020–111. Informed consentFor this type of study, no informed consent is required. Conflict of interest All authors declare no conflict of interest."

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