Mortada, Mohamed A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7198-9878
Zidan, Haidy E.
Abdelsalam, Noha A.
Eltoukhy, Mirvat A.
Article History
Received: 25 March 2020
Accepted: 18 May 2020
First Online: 1 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Official permissions were obtained from Institutional Review Board at Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University Hospitals (ZU-IRB#3340/13-3-2017), and from the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and Biochemistry Departments at the same University. The study has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki 1964) for studies involving humans. A written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and they had the right to withdraw from the study at any time and without negatively affecting their medical care. The results of this study could be used as a scientific publication, but the identity of the participant will be absolutely confidential.
: A written informed consent was voluntarily sought from the participants.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.