Naik, Adviti
Thomas, Remy
Al-Khalifa, Aljazi
Qasem, Hanan
Decock, Julie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qatar Foundation
Article History
Received: 24 September 2024
Accepted: 6 March 2025
First Online: 19 March 2025
Declarations
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: The PBL collection protocol was approved by the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (study approval number 2016–002, initial approval date 31st May 2017) and the Hamad Medical Corporation (study approval number 17132/17, initial approval date 5th November 2017) institutional review boards and was performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. The study protocol was granted IRB waiver of informed consent under the condition of anonymization and no additional intervention to the participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.