Elkhatib, Takwa H. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7574-4141
Hashim, Noha A.
Emad, Engy M.
Zein, Hossam
El-aidy, Lamiaa
Article History
Received: 27 September 2018
Accepted: 7 July 2019
First Online: 29 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved from the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University (ZU-IRB #4902/17-10-2018). Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants after explaining the details and benefits as well as risks to them. Surrogate consent from the patient’s legal guardian or designated health proxy was permitted in cases where the patient did not have decision-making capacity.
: Consent has been obtained from the participants involved in the study to report their individual patient data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.