Al-Hassnan, Zuhair N.
Albawardi, Waad
Almutairi, Faten
AlMass, Rawan
AlBakheet, Albandary
Mustafa, Osama M.
AlQuait, Laila
Shinwari, Zarghuna M. A.
Wakil, Salma
Salih, Mustafa A.
Al-Fayyadh, Majid
Hassan, Saeed M.
Aljoufan, Mansour
Al-Nakhli, Osima
Levy, Brynn
AlMaarik, Balsam
Al-Hakami, Hana A.
Alsagob, Maysoon
Colak, Dilek
Kaya, Namik http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-7507
Funding for this research was provided by:
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (14-BIO2221-20, 14-MED2007-20, 11-MED1439-20, 11-BIO2072-20)
Article History
Received: 13 September 2017
Accepted: 3 January 2018
First Online: 25 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The patients were ascertained under Kind Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center’s institutionally approved IRB protocols (KFSHRC’s Research Advisory Council Committees including Basic Research Committee and Research Ethics Committee: RAC# 2040042, 2030046, 2120022, 2080032). Before the sample collection, the patients and/or parents (legal guardians) signed the written informed consents.
: Informed written consents were obtained from the patients. See ethics approval. Copy of the signed consent forms is available upon request.
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