Zamani, Nasim
Buckley, Nicholas A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4711
Hassanian-Moghaddam, Hossein http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-0544
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (5050)
Article History
Received: 17 September 2019
Accepted: 14 January 2020
First Online: 7 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by local ethics committee in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences as well as registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (Trial ID: 18265; Approval code: IRCT2015011020624N1) in September 2015. Consent was taken from patients’ next of kin before inclusion in all cases.
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