Rasool, Shayaq Ul Abeer
Pandith, Arshad A.
Ganie, Farooq Ahmad
Aein, Qurat ul
Manzoor, Usma
Afroze, Dil
Baba, Aadil Manzoor
Rasool, Zubaida
Dar, Nazir Ahmad
Muzamil, Showkeen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/3/8/72/2020-ITR)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2025
Accepted: 26 March 2026
First Online: 5 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures done involving human participants were done in compliance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The ethical sanction was attained from Institutional Ethical Committee. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of SK Institute of Medical Sciences (IEC/SKIMS protocol # RP 16/2020).
: Approvals of the patients who participated in this study were obtained through a native written information consent form.