Doualla, Marie
Aminde, Jeannine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3149-6494
Aminde, Leopold Ndemnge
Lekpa, Fernando Kemta
Kwedi, Felix Mangan
Yenshu, Emmanuel Vubo
Chichom, Alain Mefire
Article History
Received: 27 March 2018
Accepted: 4 January 2019
First Online: 15 January 2019
Authors’ information
: <b>Marie Doualla Bija:</b> Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, and Consultant Internist-Rheumatologist, Douala General Hospital, Cameroon.<b>Jeannine Aminde:</b> Physician, Etoug-Ebe Baptist Hospital, Yaounde, and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.<b>Leopold Ndemnge Aminde:</b> Physician and Doctoral candidate, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Australia.<b>Fernando Kemta Lekpa:</b> Consultant Internist-Rheumatologist, Douala General Hospital, and Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.<b>Felix Mangan Kwedi:</b> Consultant Internist-Rheumatologist, Douala General Hospital, and Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Cameroon.<b>Emmanuel Vubo Yenshu:</b> Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.<b>Alain Mefire Chichom:</b> Associate Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea. Consultant General Surgeon, Gyneco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital Douala, Cameroon.
: All the patients read and signed an informed consent sheet. Research authorisations were obtained from the administration of Douala General Hospital. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Faculty of Health Sciences Institutional Ethical Review Board of the University of Buea, Cameroon.
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