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Article History

Received: 28 February 2025

Accepted: 7 May 2025

First Online: 4 June 2025

Declarations

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: None.

: Parents or legal representatives of all participants provided written informed consent for participation in the study. Additionally, assent was provided by all children older than 7 years.

: The study protocol was cleared by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi vide letter No. IEC/MAMC/MD/MS-96/02/2023/264 dated May 05, 2023.

: The authors certify that AI was not used in any form in the preparation of this manuscript.