Al-Awadhi, Rana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9136-703X
Al-Mutairi, Nawaf
Albatineh, Ahmed N.
Chehadeh, Wassim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kuwait University (NM 01/12)
Article History
Received: 2 February 2019
Accepted: 18 April 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: An ethical approval was obtained from the Health Science Center Ethical Committee, Kuwait University (Number: VDR/EC/2310) and Ministry of Health. Each patient was interviewed and consented to enter the study. Patients were asked to sign a consent form after a verbal explanation from the physician soliciting their participation. All study procedures were performed in compliance with the ethical standards of the revised Declaration of Helsinki of 2008.
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