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Davies, Bronwen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7373-0632
Hlela, Marie Belle Kathrina Mendoza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7092-9726
Rother, Hanna-Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-8909
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council
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Article History
Received: 17 May 2022
Accepted: 11 April 2023
First Online: 28 April 2023
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: All methods used in this study were carried out in accordance with relevant local and international guidelines and regulations including the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). Ethical approval to conduct this study was granted by the University of Cape Town Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC Ref: 592/2016). Consent from the next-of-kin was waived by the University of Cape Town Human Research Ethics Committee, as the study was a retrospective records review. In addition, the results reviewed were obtained from routine post-mortem investigations, in which consent was not required for the mandated collection and testing of post-mortem specimens for medico-legal investigations, as per South Africa’s Inquest Act (No. 58 of 1959).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
