Pai, Radhika R.
Banerjee, Sourjya
George, Linu Sara
George, Anice
Ongole, Ravikiran
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 1 August 2024
Accepted: 26 March 2025
First Online: 11 April 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for this study was obtained in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki from the ethics committee at the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (IEC KMC MLR 03–18/65). The trial was registered at the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2015/04/005709; registration date: 21/04/2015). All patients provided written informed consent before enrolment in the study.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare no competing interests.