Afifi, Ibrahim
Abayazeed, Sheraz
El-Menyar, Ayman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-953X
Abdelrahman, Husham
Peralta, Ruben
Al-Thani, Hassan
Article History
Received: 5 January 2018
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study obtained ethical approval from Research Ethics Committee, at Medical Research Center, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar (IRB# 14409/14). This retrospective analysis with no direct contact with participants and data were collected anonymously. Therefore the medical research center granted a waiver of consent.
: This study was granted a waiver of consent and permission for publication from the medical research center (IRB#14409).
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