Soni, Shiv Lal
Puri, Goverdhan Dutt
Ganesh, Venkata
Singh, Ajay
Banavathu, Naveen Naik
Kaloria, Narender
Singh, Harpreet
Vij, Soumya
Pandey, Avaneesh Kumar
Shafiq, Nusrat
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India (DST-BDTD-02-2021)
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR/BMS/Phase-1/CAR/2023/PGIMER)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 16 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the local ethics committee named “Institute Ethics Committee, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research”, of institute Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and registered in the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI).Participants provided written informed consent before participating in this study.
: All the contributing authors have provided their written consent for publication. It is ‘Not Applicable’ for the statement of consent from patient(s) as no identifying images or other personal or clinical details of participants were presented.
: The authors declare no competing interests.