Article History
Received: 15 October 2020
Accepted: 28 April 2022
First Online: 14 May 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (reference number: HSEARS20200414006) and received administrative approval from the Palestinian Ministry of Health-Gaza (reference number: 476303). All patients in this study were provided with a full explanation of the significance and benefits of this study in the written consent and were also given the option to withdraw their consent to participate at any time.
: The issue of obtaining consent for publication is not applicable to this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.