kiran, Usha
Bhat, Shyamasunder N.
Anitha, H.
Naik, Roshan Ramakrishna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 21 August 2023
Revised: 21 August 2023
Accepted: 12 November 2023
First Online: 17 December 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMRinstitutional )’s and national research committee’s ethical guidelines were followed in all procedures carried out in studies involving human subjects. Ethics Committee: Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee. CTRI Number: CTRI/2020/04/024490 and IEC No. 162/2020. Review date: March 02, 2020.
: All study participants provided their informed consent before participating.