Suef, Reda A.
Mohamed, Ezz Elden M.
Mansour, Mohamed T. M.
Weigand, Kilian
Farag, Mohamed M. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0581-8576
Article History
Received: 14 August 2020
Accepted: 5 January 2021
First Online: 26 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participants were consented to use their samples and clinical data (CHC patients) for this study. Informed written consent was obtained from each patient included in the study. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Liver Institute, and the research was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki; the committee’s reference number is not available. We would like to confirm that this material is the authors’ own original work, which has not been previously published elsewhere. The paper is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. The paper reflects the authors’ own research and analysis in a truthful and complete manner. The paper properly credits the meaningful contributions of co-authors and co-researchers. The results are appropriately placed in the context of prior and existing research. All authors have been personally and actively involved in substantive work leading to the manuscript and will hold themselves jointly and individually responsible for its content.
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.