Sasidharan Nair, Varun
El Salhat, Haytham
Taha, Rowaida Z.
John, Anne
Ali, Bassam R.
Elkord, Eyad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3868-0318
Funding for this research was provided by:
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (VR04)
Article History
Received: 11 March 2018
Accepted: 4 June 2018
First Online: 15 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was executed under ethical approval by Al Ain Medical District Research Ethics committee, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (Protocol no. 13/23-CRD 244/13). All patients provided written informed consent prior to sample collection. All experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
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