Jayaram, Anup
Cardoso, Desmond
M.T., Arun
Varamballi, Prasad
Karunakaran, Kavitha
Malsane, Prachi
N., Sudheesh
Shetty, Ujwal
N., Naren Babu
Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
Jagadesh, Anitha
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 5 April 2026
Declarations
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: The rights and welfare of all the study participants were protected throughout the study, and their involvement contributed meaningfully to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Ethical clearance for this study was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IEC No: EC/001/2021). All experiments were performed in compliance with ethical standards and relevant institutional and national guidelines.
: Consent to publish has been obtained from the contributing authors.
: The authors declare no competing interests.