Bibi, Roshni
George, Melvin
Sarkar, Koustav
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India (11019/07/2018-Sch)
Indian Council of Medical Research (EMDR/SG/15/2023-5901)
Article History
Received: 7 December 2025
Accepted: 6 February 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India. All human participants gave their written informed consent to participate in the study as per the Institutional Ethical Committee guidelines (Ethics Clearance Number: 2909/IEC/2021).
: Signed informed consent was collected from all the patients and normal individuals who took part in the current study.