Dendana, Mariam
Finan, Ramzi R.
Al-Mutawa, Mariam
Almawi, Wassim Y.
Article History
Received: 23 March 2018
Accepted: 6 April 2018
First Online: 12 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by Arabian Gulf University Research & Ethics Committee (IRB approval: 35-PI-01/15, granted on 17 October 2014), and was done according to Helsinki II Declaration. All patients provided informed written consent before blood sampling.
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