Nayagam, Sharon Miracle
Palraj, Narmatha Devi
Eswaran, Murugesh
Selvaraj, Ganesh
Rajendran, Sunmathi
Ramachandran, Karthik
Arunachalam, Divya
Tangavel, Chitraa
K.S., Srivijay Anand
Raveendran, Muthurajan
Rajasekaran, Shanmuganathan
Article History
Received: 9 May 2025
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted following the approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) from Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital, Coimbatore (Approval date: 10/09/2020), following the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee (NECRBHR Regn No. EC/NEW/INST/2020/1146). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before their inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.