Abdulaal, Osamah M.
Rainford, Louise
MacMahon, Peter
Kavanagh, Eoin
Galligan, Marie
Cashman, James
McGee, Allison
Article History
Received: 19 September 2016
Revised: 15 February 2017
Accepted: 17 March 2017
First Online: 21 April 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof Louise Rainford.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: The authors state that this work has not received any funding.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise and is employed as a statistician in a third level academic institution.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• experimental• performed at one institution