Silambanan, Santhi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0720-6063
Hermes, R. S.
Bhaskar, Emmanuel
Gayathri, Sri
Article History
Received: 19 February 2019
Accepted: 16 November 2019
First Online: 28 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Santhi Silambanan was the brain behind this research and guided Hermes in conducting this research, which is in continuation of her Ph.D. work. Hermes has received the fund Shri NPV Ramasamy Udayar Chancellor Research Fellowship which supported part of this research. Emmanuel Bhaskar was a member of the research advisory committee, whose advice contributed to the results and discussion of the article. Sri Gayathri helped in doing the analysis of EMPs by flow cytometry in Central Research Facility of our Institute. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study has been carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ethics clearance was obtained from Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC-NI/14/JUN/40/35). Written informed consent was obtained from the participants before being enrolled in the study. Only participants who volunteered to take part in the study were included.