El-Khatib, Mohamad
Zeeni, Carine
Shebbo, Fadia M.
Karam, Cynthia
Safi, Bilal
Toukhtarian, Aline
Nafeh, Nancy Abou
Mkhayel, Samar
Shadid, Carol Abi
Chalhoub, Sana
Beresian, Jean
Article History
Received: 24 November 2023
Accepted: 8 February 2024
First Online: 27 February 2024
Declarations
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: The study conformed to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the American University of Beirut—Lebanon (ANES.JB.01) and registered with the Clinicaltrilas.gov (NCT03551899). All participants gave written informed consent. All authors listed meet the authorship criteria according to the latest guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and that all authors are in agreement with the manuscript. Written informed consent was taken from all the patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.