,
Taheri, Shahrad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-1500
Asim, Muhammad
al Malki, Hassan
Fituri, Omar
Suthanthiran, Manikkam
August, Phyllis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qatar National Research Fund (NPRP 4-1392-3-345, NPRP 4-1392-3-345, NPRP 4-1392-3-345)
Qatar Foundation
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 17 April 2018
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: Ethical approval for the study has been obtained from the Hamad Medical Corporation IRB (no. 16235/16), Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar IRB (14–00039). All participants provide written informed consent.
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