Yousaf, Ahmed
Hagen, Rachael
Mitchell, Mary
Ghareeb, Erica
Fang, Wei
Correa, Raoul
Zinn, Zachary
Gayam, Swapna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6579-2577
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5U54GM104942-04)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2020
Accepted: 31 August 2020
First Online: 21 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AY, RH, MM, EG, WF, RC, ZZ, and SG declare that they have no conflict of interest. All authors had access to study data and approved the final manuscript.
: The study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008 concerning human rights, and the authors followed the policy concerning informed consent as shown on ExternalRef removed. The study was conducted after obtaining proper ethical clearance from the institutional ethics committee.
: The study protocol was approved by the West Virginia University institutional review board.
: Senior author Swapna Gayam, MD, accepts full responsibility for the conduct of the study, has had access to the data, and controls the decision to publish.
: The authors are solely responsible for the data and the contents of the paper. In no way, the Honorary Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Members, the Indian Society of Gastroenterology or the printer/publishers are responsible for the results/findings and content of this article.