Reji, Kent K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-9857
Abraham, Ananth P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2757-2108
Moorthy, Ranjith K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6679-3483
Article History
Received: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 21 December 2025
First Online: 6 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (Silver Ethics and Research Committee) of the Christian Medical College Vellore via IRB Min. No. 2507147 dated 23.07.2025, with a waiver of informed consent.
: The authors declare no competing interests.