Karam, Vanda G. Yazbeck https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-6816
Malhab, Sandrella Bou https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3950-3022
Bahous, Sola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-7559
Salameh, Pascale https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-0772
Khoury-Malhame, Myriam El https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-9337
Asmar, Nadia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5951-8289
Article History
Received: 9 July 2024
Accepted: 22 October 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
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: This study involves human participants and the IRB operates in compliance with the national regulations pertaining to research under the Lebanese Minister of Public Health’s Decision No.141 dated 27/1/2016 under LAU IRB Authorization reference 2016/3708, the international guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, the US Office of Human Research Protection (45CFR46) and the Food and Drug Administration (21CFR56). LAU IRB US Identifier as an international institution: FWA00014723 and IRB Registration # IRB00006954 LAUIRB#1. Participants gave informed consent to participate in the study before taking part.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.