Dheivamani, Nirmala
Thomas, Winston
Bannerjii, Rohit
Mukherjee, Mallar
Mitra, Monjori http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-7723
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fourrts India
Article History
Received: 14 August 2020
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 8 April 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: ND, WT, RB, and MK declare that they have no conflict of interest. Dr. Monjori Mitra, Professor of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, is also the Research Director of Medclin Research, Kolkata.
: The authors declare that the study was performed in a manner conforming to the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008, concerning human and animal rights. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata (18 Sep 2018) and Institutional Ethics Committee, Madras Medical College, Chennai (7 Nov 2018) and the trial was also registered in Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI/2018/01/011061). Consent was obtained from the subjects’ parents after full explanation of the purpose, nature, and risks of all procedures used.
: 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.