El Kayal, Nada http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-2672
Mohallel, Ahmed
Maintz, David
Eid, Mohamed
Emara, Doaa Mokhtar
Article History
Received: 4 June 2020
Accepted: 27 July 2020
First Online: 4 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Research Ethics Committee of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine approved this study and waived informed consent due to its retrospective nature (Ethics committee reference number 020937, IRB No. 00012098, FWA No. 00018699). All study procedures involving human participants were carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of Declaration of Helsinki.
: The Research Ethics Committee of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine approved this study and waived informed consent (Ethics committee reference number 020937, IRB No. 00012098, FWA No. 00018699).
: David Maintz received speaker’s honoraria from Philips Healthcare. For the remaining authors, no competing interests were declared.