Refaat, Marwan M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-1987
Hassanieh, Sylvana
Ballout, Jad A.
Zakka, Patrick
Hotait, Mostafa
Khalil, Athar
Bitar, Fadi
Arabi, Mariam
Arnaout, Samir
Skouri, Hadi
Abchee, Antoine
Abi-Saleh, Bernard
Khoury, Maurice
Massouras, Andreas
Nemer, Georges
Funding for this research was provided by:
American University of Beirut Dean of Medicine Special Multidisciplinary Award Grants
Article History
Received: 6 May 2018
Accepted: 29 January 2019
First Online: 14 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the American University of Beirut approved the protocol of the study (Protocol Number: IM.MR.01). An informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study.
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