Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Isfahan (94/34330)
Article History
Received: 29 July 2018
Accepted: 31 August 2018
First Online: 7 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study is approved by the University of Isfahan review board (Agreement Number: 94/34330) and also the ethics committee of Shariati Hospital, Isfahan, Iran (Agreement Number: 154/92/23273). A written consent form was obtained from each patient according to the Declaration of Helsinki. A written informed consent was also obtained from healthy control subjects who were above the 16 years old. In addition, the blood samples of patients and healthy controls with age less than 16 years, were collected with full written informed parent’s consent and in compliance with the ethical protocol and standards of Shariati Hospital.