The study was carried
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out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Ethical
approval of the Regional Ethical Review Board for studies
involving humans was not judged to be applicable.
However, the larger interdisciplinary project was
approved by the Regional Ethics Committee for animal
experiments, Gothenburg, register no. 176-2003