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Diese Dissertation ist meiner Frau Tanja gewidmet.
Für die Betreuung danke ich
Herrn Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Volker Döring und
Herrn Dr. med. Mathias Kubik,
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Die Durchsicht und Korrektur der statistischen Auswertung verdanke ich Herrn Dr. Ing. Wolfgang Reimers.
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