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Authors
Srinivasan, Krishnamachari
Heylen, Elsa
Johnson Pradeep, R.
Mony, Prem K.
Ekstrand, Maria L.
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Article History
Received: 12 July 2021
Accepted: 11 May 2022
First Online: 13 June 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee of St.John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore (India) (reference 38/2013) based on WMA Declaration of Helsinki guidelines, the Indian Council for Medical Research and National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and the Committee on Human Research, University of California, San Francisco (reference 12–10470).Informed consent to participate in the study was taken from all participants.Information about the study was given verbally and in written form. Participants were informed that participation is voluntary, there are no negative consequences for refusing to participate, and that consent can be withdrawn at any time during the study without any repercussions. Interested participants provided written consent. Illiterate participants had an option of providing verbal consent or a thumb print and a witness, unaffiliated with the study, also signed the consent form.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
