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Authors
Chaudhuri, Souvik https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8392-2366
Suryakanth, Varashree Bolar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-3550
Rao, Shruthi https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3033-4578
Udupa, Ashritha A https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6886-1522
Biswas, Monalisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-3907
Mallimoggala, YS Phaneedra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-4223
Srinivas, Thejesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-1030
Patil, Bharatkumar Appasaheb https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4427-0275
Das, Ranajit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5308-3477
Gupta, Nitin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9687-2836
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
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Article History
Received: 12 April 2026
Accepted: 13 July 2026
First Online: 23 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC 406/2024) and is registered with Clinical Trial Registry of India- (CTRI 2024/12/078631), dated 27.12.2024. Written and informed consent was obtained prior to recruitment for the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
