Pace, Nikolai Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-874X
Grech, Celine Ann
Vella, Barbara
Caruana, Ruth
Vassallo, Josanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-7986
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Malta
Article History
Received: 16 August 2021
Accepted: 6 October 2021
First Online: 22 October 2021
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the institutional ethics review board of the University of Malta (71/2013 and 53/2009) and the study protocol was in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All subjects gave written informed consent for their participation in the study and for genetic analysis.