Punchaichira, Toyanji Joseph http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5685-9808
Kukshal, Prachi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4695-9490
Bhatia, Triptish http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-9707
Deshpande, Smita Neelkanth http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-9657
Thelma, B. K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-5443
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/PR/2425/MED/13/089/2001, BT/IC-2/Israel/Deshpande/2002, BT/IC-2/00/smita/99)
Science and Engineering Research Board, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (SR/S2/JCB-44/2011)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2023
Accepted: 10 July 2023
First Online: 26 July 2023
Declarations
:
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (No.18-15/2002-RMLH(HAI)/3140 dated 5/3/2004; 18-62/06-RMLH(HA-1)/vol.II/63 dated 30/11/2008 and 18-9/2002-RMLH(HA-I)/1088 dated 15/01/2008)).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.