Maurya, Anil Kumar
Srivastava, Mona
Vishwakarma, Shani
Ashish, Ashish
Singh, Nitish Kumar
Yadav, Abhay Kumar
Singh, Royana
Article History
Received: 1 October 2025
Accepted: 9 December 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (Approval No. Dean/2022/EC/3826; ECR/526/Inst/UP/2014/RR-20, dated 19.05.2020).
: All study procedures were conducted in compliance with relevant ethical standards and guidelines. Informed consent was obtained from all participants after being fully apprised of the study objectives and procedures.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.