Roy, Sohini http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3153-6919
Shanmugam, Geetha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-6190
Rakshit, Sudeshna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7496-3155
Pradeep, R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0619-2309
George, Melvin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-8513
Sarkar, Koustav http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-6688
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Engineering Research Board (ECR/2016/000965)
Article History
Received: 4 February 2024
Accepted: 19 March 2024
First Online: 15 April 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: The study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India. All human participants gave their written informed consent to participate in the study as per the Institutional Ethical Committee guidelines (Ethics Clearance Number: 2997/IEC/2021).