Thomas, Jithumol Thankam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5011-9910
Hrishi.P., Ajay Prasad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-0543
Praveen, Ranganatha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-8596
Sethuraman, Manikandan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-551X
Prathapadas, Unnikrishnan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-086X
Vimala, Smita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-9716
Mathew, Oommen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3472-443X
Article History
Received: 22 February 2023
Accepted: 26 September 2023
First Online: 2 November 2023
Declarations
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: The University’s Institutional Ethics approved this pilot prospective observational study, and the trial was prospectively registered with the Clinical Trials Registry of India[ CTRI/2021/02/030915].
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the prospective study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.