Khatib, Sohaib T.
Hemadneh, Mohammad K.
Hasan, Samer A.
Khazneh, Emad
Zyoud, Sa’ed H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7369-2058
Article History
Received: 27 September 2017
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 28 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at An-Najah National University and Palestinian MOH approved our study protocol. We also obtained verbal consent from each patient before including him/her in our study. Approval for blood sample withdrawal was obtained from the MOH and from each patient. This study protocol was approved (including the verbal consent process) by the IRB and did not require written consent according to IRB criteria.
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