Phelan, Ivan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5120-8256
Furness, Penny Jayne http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4916-8800
Matsangidou, Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3804-5565
Carrion-Plaza, Alicia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7815-1472
Dunn, Heather http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2500-7770
Dimitri, Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7625-6713
Lindley, Shirley A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-6780
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (152333)
Article History
Received: 1 June 2020
Accepted: 30 March 2021
First Online: 9 June 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Ethical approval for the pre-clinical study was gained from the University (ER-5456174). Ethical approvals were gained from the hospital (SCH: 2178) as well as the University (ER-5456174) and the National Health Services (IRAS: 243763) Research Ethics Committees.
: The study was performed under the Helsinki Declaration. Parental and age-appropriate children's information sheets were developed, in accordance with good practice when working with children. To ensure the participants' voluntary participation, parents were asked to discuss the study with their child before giving consent. Ongoing consent was also checked verbally with the child before and during procedures.