Sarfo, Fred Stephen
Sarfo-Kantanka, Osei
Adamu, Sheila
Obese, Vida
Voeks, Jennifer
Tagge, Raelle
Sethi, Vipin
Ovbiagele, Bruce
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Health-National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (R21 NS103752-01, R21 NS103752-01)
Article History
Received: 19 January 2018
Accepted: 26 February 2018
First Online: 14 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was been obtained from The Committee of Human Research Publication and Ethics, KNUST, Ghana (reference number: CHRPE/AP/524/17) and the IRB at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Important protocol modifications will be sought from both ethics committees.Informed consent: written informed consent will be obtained from all patients before enrollment by a trained research coordinator. Patients are free to withdraw at any time.
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