Ifeanyichukwu, Akuma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-9322
Vaswani, Vina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-0795
Ekmekci, Perihan Elif https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-2960
Article History
Received: 17 January 2025
Accepted: 7 May 2025
First Online: 19 May 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol was approved by Yenepoya Ethics Committee-1 (YEC-1) of Yenepoya (deemed to be University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India in accordance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) guidelines. Protocol No. YEC-1/2023/296. The informed consent to participate and publish was obtained from the participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.