Bezemer, Jacob M.
Freire-Paspuel, Byron P.
Schallig, Henk D. F. H.
de Vries, Henry J.C.
Calvopiña, Manuel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation Latin Link Nederland
Article History
Received: 15 February 2023
Accepted: 6 June 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Before the initiation and patient recruitment, the project was approved by the ethical committee of the Universidad Internacional del Ecuador’, registration number: UIDE-FCM-EDM-COM-18-0069, and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health, registration number: MSPCURI000284-3. All patients or their legal representatives gave written informed consent in Spanish before inclusion. All the methods were carried out in agreement with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of Ecuador and in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.