Ogochukwu J. Sokunbi:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-2600
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Ekanem N. Ekure: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Edamisan O. Temiye: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Roosevelt Anyanwu: Role: Data curationRole: MethodologyRole: Resources
Christy A. N. Okoromah: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Bamidele O. Tayo: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
September
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0184287
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
[2
]
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba,
Lagos, Nigeria
[3
]
Central Research Laboratory, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idi-Araba,
Lagos, Nigeria
Loyola University Chicago, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-08445
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184287
PMC ID: 5598958
PubMed ID: 28910308
SO-VID: 9cf35c9f-61e8-4021-b753-b513c15a237f
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Blood Counts
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Blood
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Animal Cells
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