Sekaran, Varalakshmi Chandra
Chandrasekaran, Akshaya S
Remesan, Ajith K https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1748-4148
Rebello, Nikitha Sibil
Bhattacharya, Monali
Ashok, Lena
Dsouza, Brayal Carry
Kumar, Naveen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 7 May 2025
Accepted: 29 July 2025
First Online: 20 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study obtained ethical permission from the ethics committee of Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.