Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to all who provided assistance during the
preparation of this manuscript.
Declaration of interest : The authors declare that they have no
competing interest.
Study Funding : This research did not receive any specific grant
from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit
sectors.
Ethical committee: This study conforms the recognized standards
according to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Author contributions :
Thomas Ntounis: Contributed to conception and design,
drafted
the manuscript, responsible for overall supervision.
Sofoklis Stavros:
Contributed
to conception and design,
drafted
the manuscript, responsible for overall supervision.
Antonios Koutras: Contributed to conception and design
Alexandros Katrachouras: Contributed to conception and design
Dimitrios Lentzaris: Contributed to conception and design
Aikaterini Domali: Responsible for overall supervision, drafted the
manuscript
Kyriakos Konis:
Responsible
for overall supervision,
drafted
the manuscript
Peter Drakakis: Responsible for overall supervision, drafted the
manuscript, overall revision.
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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