Aloh, Henry E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-2547
Onwujekwe, Obinna E.
Aloh, Obianuju G.
Okoronkwo, Ijeoma L.
Nweke, Chijioke Joel
Article History
Received: 13 November 2019
Accepted: 17 May 2020
First Online: 26 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Permission for this study was obtained from Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, and approvals were obtained from respective Health Research Ethical Committees of all the three participating Teaching hospital:a) University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Health Research Ethics Committee, NHREC/05/01/2008B-FWA00002458–1 RB00002323;b) Federal Teaching Hospital Health Research Ethics Committee, FETHA/REC/VOL1/2017/479; REC PROTOCOL NUMBER 14/02/2017–24/02/2017;c) Enugu State University Teaching Hospital Parklane, ESUTHP/C-MAC/RA/034/175.Informed written consent were obtained from all patients that participated in the study. For those patients who were below 18 years of age, parental written consent were obtained.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.