UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Medicine
Tygerberg Academic Hospital and University of Stellenbosch
31 March 2015 The Editor
JEMDSA
1. AUTHORS:
Hall D, MBChB, MMed, MD
Professor and Principal Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital
du Toit MA, MBChB, MMed
Medical Specialist, Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Khayelitsha District Hospital Mason D, MBChB
Senior Medical Officer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital
Conradie M, MBChB, PhD
Consultant and Senior Lecturer, Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and University of Stellenbosch
2. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
David Hall
Professor and Principal Specialist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital.
e-mail: [email protected]
telephone number: +27 21 938 9059 fax number: +27 21 938-9849
postal address: PO Box 19063 Tygerberg 7505
3 & 4. DECLARATION REGARDING ORIGINALITY AND AUTHORSHIP
David Hall, Marli du Toit, Deidré Mason and Magda Conradie hereby declare that the content of this manuscript is our original work and have not been previously published or included in any other manuscript.
David Hall, Marli du Toit, Deidré Mason and Magda Conradie certify that we have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript, have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data and have drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content.
5. ETHICS APPROVAL
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Human Research of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University (N11/09/268).
6. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND OTHER DISCLOSURES
David Hall, Marli du Toit, Deidré Mason and Magda Conradie state that, with reference to the present study, they have no conflict of interest. All authors have full access, without any restrictions, to all raw data, statistical analyses and material used in the study.
Kind Regards David Hall
