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burn. We could not find significant evidence of its positive effect over rate of wound healing. However its
effects are promising and further large multicentric trials are needed to establish its role and standardize its
dose parameters.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Concept and design: Gupta S, Chittoria RK
Data acquisition and analysis, manuscript preparation: Gupta S, Aggarwal A
Critical revision and finalizing of the manuscript: Chittoria RK, Elankumar S, Reddy KS, Chavan V,
Aggarwal A, Reddy CL

Availability of data and materials
The data were strictly obtained from medical records according to the privacy policy and ethics code of our
institute.

Financial support and sponsorship
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Due consent was taken from the patients to participate in the study and separately for the photography.
Ethical approval was done according to the hospital and department policy.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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