Kulkarni, Ashwini
Stewart, Michael W.
Kurapati, Sai
Venugopal, Ragukumar
Vaishnav, Hemendra
Dave, Vivek Pravin
Das, Taraprasad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-4528
Bhargava, Archana
Pathengay, Avinash
Narayanan, Raja https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9688-5859
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 18 July 2025
Revised: 23 December 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.