Montalvo, Ana M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-6215
Fraga, Jorge
Blanco, Orestes
González, Daniel
Monzote, Lianet
Soong, Lynn
Capó, Virginia
Article History
Received: 22 December 2017
Accepted: 29 July 2018
First Online: 7 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The conditions established by the institutional ethical committee (CEI-IPK) were followed during the diagnostic process. All the rights and expected benefits were explained to each patient in order to obtain their consent for the use of clinical samples with research purposes, as well as the scientific/academic use of their photographs. In case the patients refused to participate, at any moment, they had the right to do it and receive, equally well, proper attention and treatment. The Ethical Committee for Research (CEI- IPK) from the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, approved the proper use of clinical samples (Dictamen CEI-IPK 1210).
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