Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Malaysia (R.J130000.7809.4F284)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY) Short Term Grant (304/PTEKIND/6313329)
Article History
Received: 27 April 2017
Accepted: 9 March 2018
First Online: 17 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the institutional medical ethics review board of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Malaysia (reference number: 201495.95).
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) in compliance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: All participants underwent the informed consent process.