About the Authors

Jessica Aoun

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Robert Habib

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Outcomes Research Unit, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Khalil Charaffeddine

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Suad Taraif

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saad Specialist Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Asif Loya

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

Ibrahim Khalifeh

ik08@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA IK. Performed the experiments: JA IK AL ST KC. Analyzed the data: RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IK AL ST. Wrote the paper: JA IK.