Naushad, Shaik Mohammad http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8952-9581
Hussain, Tajamul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6770-9108
Indumathi, Bobbala http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-0865
Samreen, Khatoon
Alrokayan, Salman A.
Kutala, Vijay Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-8999
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University (RG-1435-066)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2018
Accepted: 2 July 2018
First Online: 11 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: None of the authors has a financial or other relationship with other people or organizations that may inappropriately influence this work.
: The study protocol was approved by Institutional Ethical committee of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. This study complied with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the study participants (cases as well as controls) during their enrollment for the study.