Choudhary, Jyoti
Shariff, Malini
Article History
Received: 27 February 2025
Accepted: 27 June 2025
First Online: 30 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The institutional Human Ethical Committee (Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute) approved the project (code no VPCI/DIR/HIEC/2020/1849). Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the committee waived the need to obtain informed consent. All experiments were performed according to relevant guidelines and regulations.