Estep, Michael
Mehta, Rohini
Bratthauer, Gary
Alaparthi, Lakshmi
Monge, Fanny
Ali, Simon
Abdelatif, Dinan
Younoszai, Zahra
Stepanova, Maria
Goodman, Zachary D.
Younossi, Zobair M.
Article History
Received: 21 September 2018
Accepted: 1 February 2019
First Online: 11 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study has been approved by Internal Review Board of Inova Fairfax Hospital (Federal Assurance FWA00000573). Sample collection and storage was approved by Inova IRB #05.047. Written informed consent for sample collection and use of samples for research at the Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus facility was obtained from all patients included in this study. The samples were de-identified in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
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