Dalai, Richie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-5307
Mohapatra, Sarita
Velpandian, Thirumurthy
Sankar, Jeeva https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1474-1451
Thukral, Anu
Verma, Ankit https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-944X
Bajpai, Minu
Dhinakaran, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-8633
Tousifullah, Mohammad
Agarwal, Ramesh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6208-3057
Article History
Received: 5 June 2024
Revised: 7 September 2024
Accepted: 13 September 2024
First Online: 20 September 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi with approval number IECPG-429/26.08.2020, RT-20/ 23.09.2020 and was prospectively registered in Clinical Trials Registry- India (CTRI) with registration number CTRI/2020/10/028719.
: Written informed consent was obtained from parents/legal guardians for the neonates to participate in the study.