Kumar, Dharmendra https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5908-5879
Gupta, Anurag https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-2685
Agrahari, Sushil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5928-8534
Singh, Saurabh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8090-0436
Gupta, Seema
Kumar, Vijay
Singh, Satyendra Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-670X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (UGC-Ref. No.; 791/ (CSIR-UGC NET), 10th December 2019.)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2025
Accepted: 18 October 2025
First Online: 7 November 2025
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: This meta-analysis, sanctioned by the Institutional Ethics Committee of KGMU, Lucknow (Ref No. 304/Ethics/2023, Dated: 10/5/23), was conducted in compliance with institutional rules of ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki as part of an authorized student thesis. The authors independently conceptualized the study without involving patients, the public, or animals, thereby avoiding the requirement for informed consent.
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