Tariq, Anam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0728-8436
Okamato, Keisuke
Tariq, Azka
Rosenberg, Avi Z.
Soliman, Karim M.
Ploth, David W.
Atta, Mohamed G.
McMahon, Blaithin A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (T32DK007732)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2019
Accepted: 3 January 2020
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the institutional review boards at Johns Hopkins University and Medical University of South Carolina. No patient consent was needed as it was waived by the institutional review boards given the observational nature of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare they have no competing interests.