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Bhattacharyya, Tapesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3714-1195
Rai, Bhavana
Chakraborty, Santam
GY, Srinivas
Lewis Christabel, Shirley
Singh, Pritanjali
Mahata, Anurupa
Mandal, Samar
Trivedi, Gaurav
Rao, Sreekripa
Mehta, Ankita
Roychowdhury, Oindrila
Maity, Sougata
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (id 2021-10840-F1)
Article History
Received: 25 April 2024
Accepted: 10 December 2024
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Tata Medical Center vide approval letter number 2021/TMC/240/IRB52 dated 10th October 2022. Additionally, IRB approval has been obtained from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research vide approval letter number PGI/IEC/2023/000037 dated 04/02/2023. All patients are provided with a patient information sheet translated into the vernacular language, and written informed consent is obtained before accrual. IRB approval from KMC Manipal and AIIMS Patna are awaited.
: Model consent form and participant information sheet are available as Appendix 1. No identifying images or other personal or clinical details of participants are presented here or will be presented in reports of the trial results.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.