Gujarati, Sukriti
Singal, Bharat Raj
Gupta, Dinesh
Kochar, Sanjay Kumar
Kochar, Dhanpat Kumar
Das, Ashis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Article History
Received: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: Sample collection for this study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee (IEC) (No. F. (Acad) SPMC/2003/2395) of Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Permission to use these samples for further related studies was given by the Institutional Ethics and Research Board (IERB), Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan (No. F. 29(Acad)SPMC/2020/3151). Fresh sample collection was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, SP Medical College and AG Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan (EC/SPMC/ECA/06/28-02-2019). Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. We sincerely thank all the patients for their voluntary consent and participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.