Ranjan, Alok
Pandey, Sanjay
Kumar Nirala, Santosh
Singh, Chandramani
Bhardwaj, Mohit
Article History
Received: 18 January 2025
Accepted: 15 May 2025
First Online: 31 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC), AIIMS Patna (Ref. No. AIIMS/Pat/IEC/2020/427). Written informed consent was obtained from all the study participants. For those not capable of providing informed consent for their participation due to illiteracy, informed consent was provided by the legal appropriate representative on behalf of the participants.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not include any identifying images or personal data of participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.