Shalaby, Mohamed A.
Sawan, Zinab A.
Nawawi, Esraa
Alsaedi, Saad
Al-Wassia, Heidi
Kari, Jameela A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (27-35-T-A)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2017
Revised: 23 March 2018
Accepted: 26 March 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The Biomedical Ethics Research Committee of the Faculty of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University granted ethical approval for this study. The need for informed patient consent was waived on account of the fact that this was a purely observational study that did not involve any specific therapeutic intervention, additional blood work, or change in clinical management.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.