Vohra, M.
Sharma, A. R.
Mallya, S.
Prabhu, N. B.
Jayaram, P.
Nagri, S. K.
Umakanth, S.
Rai, P. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-0560
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Engineering Research Board (EMR/2015/002384/BHS)
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 6 July 2022
Accepted: 8 December 2022
First Online: 18 December 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal (IEC 501/2016). The study was also registered under the Clinical Trials Registry—India (CTRI) (registration number CTRI/2018/01/011508).
: The protocols and work conducted in this study were in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants provided written informed consent.