Chukwu, Isaac S.
Ekenze, Sebastian O.
Ezomike, Uchechukwu O.
Chukwubuike, Kevin E.
Ekpemo, Samuel C.
Article History
Received: 16 September 2022
Revised: 28 November 2022
Accepted: 14 December 2022
First Online: 23 December 2022
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the UNTH Health Research and Ethics committee with number: NHREC/05/01/2008B-00002458-IRB00002323.
: Written informed consent was obtained from parents/legal guardians.
: Parents/legal guardians signed informed consent regarding publishing their data and photographs.
: The authors declare no competing interests.