Declaration:
- Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was
approved by the Institutional Review Board of the AUBMC. The
requirement for informed consent was waived because of the
retrospective nature of the study.
- Availability of data and material : The data that support the
findings of this study are available from the corresponding author
upon reasonable request.
- Competing interests: No competing interest
- Funding: No funding
- Acknowledgments and Author contributions:
- Conceptualization: S. Nahhal
sn69@aub.edu.lb,
N. Rizk nr00@aub.edu.lb, C.
El-Halabi ce49@aub.edu.lb
- Methodology: S. Nahhal, N. Rizk, S.Kanj:
sk11@aub.edu.lb , R. Zeenny:
rz37@aub.edu.lb,C. El-Halabi, N. Haddad:
nh126@aub.edu.lb,AR . Bizri : ab00@aub.edu.lb
- Formal analysis: R. Zeenny:
rz37@aub.edu.lb,C. El-Halabi,
- Data collection: S. Nahhal. C. El-halabi, N. Haddad
- Resources: R. Zeenny, G. Khoury:
gk08@aub.edu.lb
- Writing—original draft preparation: S. Nahhal, C. El-Halabi, N.
Haddad, N. Rizk
- Writing—review and editing: S. Kanj, R. Zeenny, AR Bizri, G. Khoury
- Visualization: R. Zeenny, S. Nahhal
- All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the
manuscript.