Verma, Deeksha
Kumar, Arun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-5909
Pandey, Tejasvi
Agarwal, Radhika
Kumar, Kanhaiya
Ali, Mohammad
Srivastava, Abhinav
Kumar, Shivam
Kumar, Nikhil
Kumar, Pushkar
Kumar, Mukesh
Kumar, Dhruv
Sharma, Ashok
Bishwapriya, Akhouri
Singh, Manisha
Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR F.No. 5/10/FR/79/2020-RBMCH, Dated. 09/08/2021)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2025
Revised: 19 September 2025
Accepted: 16 November 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was granted with IEC Letter No. RMRI/EC/24/2020 dated September 26, 2020, by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research Unit—Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (MoU for Ethics approval), Patna, Bihar, India. This approval is applicable to all aspects of the research. The objectives of the investigation were explained to all patients, and their written informed permission was acquired before the research project started. In accordance with the “WMA Declaration of Helsinki-Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants 2024” (WMA 2024) the ethical standards outlined, as well as those of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, were strictly observed to throughout the duration of the study.
: The authors provide permission for any clarification pertaining to the article’s publishing.
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