We understand that it may appear obvious why ethical approval and informed consent are not applicable for certain review types, however in the interest of full transparency we do ask authors to provide full rationale where ethical approval and/or informed consent are not applicable. Required Declarations Conflicting interests Funding Ethical approval Informed consent Contributorship Acknowledgements Example of a completed declarations section: Conflicting interests: MS is an employee of XXX. BF has received grants from XXX. Funding: This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number XXX]. Informed consent: Informed consent was not sought for this article because *REASON*. Ethical approval: Ethical approval was not sought for this article because *REASON*. Contributorship: BF and NP researched literature and conceived the study. MS was involved in protocol development, gaining ethical approval, patient recruitment and data analysis. BF wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript Acknowledgements: We would like to thank XXX XXXX for his assistance and guidance in this research. Example of text that should be used if any declaration is not relevant to your article: Conflicting interests: The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or sectors. Informed consent: Not applicable Ethical approval: Not applicable Contributorship: Not Applicable [please note that the only time this declaration is not applicable is if only a single author is named on the article.] Acknowledgements: None
We understand that it may appear obvious why ethical approval and informed consent are not applicable for certain review types, however in the interest of full transparency we do ask authors to provide full rationale where ethical approval and/or informed consent are not applicable. Required Declarations Conflicting interests Funding Ethical approval Informed consent Contributorship Acknowledgements Example of a completed declarations section: Conflicting interests: MS is an employee of XXX. BF has received grants from XXX. Funding: This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number XXX]. Informed consent: Informed consent was not sought for this article because *REASON*. Ethical approval: Ethical approval was not sought for this article because *REASON*. Contributorship: BF and NP researched literature and conceived the study. MS was involved in protocol development, gaining ethical approval, patient recruitment and data analysis. BF wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript Acknowledgements: We would like to thank XXX XXXX for his assistance and guidance in this research. Example of text that should be used if any declaration is not relevant to your article: Conflicting interests: The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or sectors. Informed consent: Not applicable Ethical approval: Not applicable Contributorship: Not Applicable [please note that the only time this declaration is not applicable is if only a single author is named on the article.] Acknowledgements: None
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