Premathilake, Ishara P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-6145
Aluthbaduge, Praveena
Senanayake, Channa P.
Jayalatharachchi, Renuka
Gamage, Sirithilak
Jayamaha, Jude
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Council Sri Lanka (16/080)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2018
Accepted: 16 April 2019
First Online: 29 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Ethics Review committees of Medical Research Institute, Colombo (No.50/2016) and National Hospital of Sri Lanka (AAJ/ETH/COM/2017–07). Procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000.Informed written consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.
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