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Authors
Nanaware, Krishna
Bhat, Vinutha
Acharya, Vibha
Urala, Arun
Varghese, Jothi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-5039
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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: 5 September 2025
Accepted: 5 June 2026
First Online: 19 June 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC 108/2023) and was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013. Also, this study was prospectively registered on clinical trials registry - India (CTRI/2023/07/055494). A written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
