El Khatib, Dalida
Hojeij, Moussa
Sabbagh, Sandra
Mehawej, Cybel
Chouery, Eliane
Ryu, Seung Woo
Kim, JiHye
Mégarbané, Andre http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-2469
Article History
Received: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 21 February 2024
First Online: 26 April 2024
Declarations
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: Approval to conduct the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon. The IRB operates in compliance with the national regulations pertaining to research under the Lebanese Minister of Public Health’s Decision No.141 dated 27/1/2016 under LAU IRB Authorization reference 2016/3708, the international guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, the US Office of Human Research Protection (45CFR46) and the Food and Drug Administration (21CFR56). LAU IRB U.S. Identifier as an international institution: FWA00014723 and IRB Registration # IRB00006954 LAUIRB#1. Parents signed an informed consent for participation and sample collection.
: Parents signed an informed consent for data publication.
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported.