Ashktorab, Hassan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-4666
Rahi, Hamed
Nouraie, Mehdi
Shokrani, Babak
Lee, Edward
Haydari, Tahmineh
Laiyemo, Adeyinka O.
Siegel, Peter
Brim, Hassan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (G12MD007597)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2018
Accepted: 4 October 2018
First Online: 6 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Howard University under the active protocol: IRB, 06-MED-39 and informed consent forms were obtained from all patients. All data were de-identified.Studies involving animals must include a statement on ethics approval; “Not applicable”.
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