Padder, Khurshid Ahmad
Jahan, Nusrat
Yousuf, Mohmad Aadil
Shah, Idrees Ayoub
Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad
Khurshid, Rabia
Zargar, Mahrukh Hameed
Ganie, Mohd Ashraf
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, India (SIMS/SDR/2020)
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/10/FR/26/2019-RBMCH)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2024
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, India, via SIMS131/IEC-SKIMS/2021 − 174. All the study participants were recruited in the study after taking an informed written consent.
: Not applicable.