ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The study was funded in part personally by Dr. Ekşioğlu-Demiralp and, in
part by Memorial Health Group. A special thank to Berna Altun, Damla
Kılıç, Gamze Ensar and Gözde Akçin from Memorial Tissue Typing and
Immunology Laboratory and Melek Yıldız from Department of Infectious
Disease for their valuable contributions to the lab works and collecting
patient information.