Das, Dalim Chandra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8398-8362
Jahan, Israt http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1384-5657
Uddin, Md. Giash http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-0902
Hossain, Md. Monir http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-2820
Chowdhury, Muhammed Alamgir Zaman
Fardous, Zeenath http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3522-5624
Rahman, Md. Mujibur http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-1511
Kabir, A. K. M. Humayun http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-6237
Deb, Sudip Ranjan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4503-447X
Siddique, Md. Abu Bakar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-6788
Das, Abhijit http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3220-4975
Article History
Received: 22 January 2020
Accepted: 2 April 2020
First Online: 18 April 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: This case-control study is carried out in the Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Dhaka. The ethical committee of the DMCH approved the research protocol and gave ethical permission (reference no: MEU-DMC/ECC/2016/160).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.