Gupta, Rahul Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1243-4511
Dua, Ruchi
Boswal, Veena https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6706-7953
Singh, Suyash https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-4635
Khandelwal, Anuradha
Article History
Received: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 5 April 2026
First Online: 4 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of AIIMS, Rishikesh.Letter no. AIIMS/IEC/20/14 dated 08/02/2020. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion.
: The authors consent to the publication of this manuscript and affirm that no identifying patient information has been disclosed.
: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest—financial or otherwise—related to this study.