Chinawa, Awoere T.
Ossai, Edmund N.
Onukwuli, Vivian O.
Nduagubam, Obinna C.
Uwaezuoke, Ndubuisi A.
Okafor, Chinyere N.
Chinawa, Josephat M.
Article History
Received: 12 September 2023
Accepted: 21 March 2024
First Online: 25 April 2024
Declarations
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: The approval of the Health Research Ethics Committee of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. Patients and parents or caregivers were duly informed in detail about the purpose of the study. An oral informed consent was obtained from parents or caregivers of all study participants while an assent was obtained in participants aged 7 years and older.The oral informed consent was approved by the the Health Research Ethics Committee of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. In addition, all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations or declaration of Helsinki. An informed consent was obtained from all subjects and their legal guardian(s).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.