Saleh, H. M.
Elsabagh, A. E.
Elewa, M. G.
Fawzy, A. A.
Hassan, O. M.
Comer, A. C.
Abdelmonem, I. M.
Hirshon, J. M.
El-Shinawi, M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center (5D43TW007296)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2016
Accepted: 7 January 2017
First Online: 3 March 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Haitham M. Saleh, Abdelrahman E.Elsabagh, Mohammad Gamal Elewa, Ahmed AlaaEldin Fawzy, Omar Mahmoud Hassan, Angela C.Comer, Ibrahim M. Abdelmonem, Jon Mark Hirshon, and Mohamed El-Shinawi declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Drs. Hirshon and El Shinawi would like to acknowledge funding support for their efforts from the National Institute of Health Fogarty International Center Grant 5D43TW007296. The authors also would like to thank Ainshams Medical Students Research Association (AMSRA) for supporting this study.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5).
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.