Sabapathi, Nadana
Sabarimurugan, Shanthi
Madurantakam Royam, Madhav http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7885-460X
Kumarasamy, Chellan
Xu, Xingzhi
Xu, Gaixia
Jayaraj, Rama http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-0510
Article History
First Online: 1 August 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Nadana Sabapathi, Shanthi Sabarimurugan, Madurantakam Royam Madhav, Chellan Kumarasamy, Xingzhi Xu, Gaixia Xu, and Rama Jayaraj declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this systematic review.
: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
: Ethical approval is not a requirement because all data in this review were retrieved from published studies. Since there is no specific direct patient involvement, ethical committee approval is not required.
: RJ, XX and GX conceived this study and provided supervision and mentorship to NS. RJ and NS led the development of the study design, wrote the first draft, and coordinated and integrated comments from co-authors XX, GX, SS, MRM and CK. The editing of the final draft were done by SS, MRM and CK. RJ provided methodological guidance on the overall development of the protocol. All authors read, refined and approved the final version of the manuscript.