Vahedian-Azimi, Amir http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-7608
Hassan, Ibrahim Fawzy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-125X
Rahimi-Bashar, Farshid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-1425
Elmelliti, Hussam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-3120
Salesi, Mahmood http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3042-2143
Alqahwachi, Hazim
Albazoon, Fatima
Akbar, Anzila
Shehata, Ahmed Labib http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-0484
Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Saif
Ait Hssain, Ali http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-5793
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qatar National Library
Article History
Received: 23 July 2023
Accepted: 6 November 2023
First Online: 5 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in strict adherence to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and received approval from the Clinical Investigation Ethics Committee of Hamad General Hospital Institutional Review Board (MRC-01-21-934). Informed consent was obtained from all patients or their legal guardians, and the study findings were reported in accordance with the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.