About the Authors

Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Hanan Abdulgader Sharif

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Qutayba Hamid

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Salah Abusnana

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Rifat Hamoudi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

rhamoudi@sharjah.ac.ae

Affiliations Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.