**Author details**

Pertevniyal Bodamyalızade, Emel Erdal Çalıkoğlu and Serap Maden

Address all correspondence to: pniyal@gmail.com

Near East University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

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