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Haq, Ansarul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-9435
Singh, Veena Kumari
Sharma, Sarsij
Bhavana, Kranti
Kumar, Sanjeev
Vishwadeep,
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Article History
Received: 15 May 2026
Revised: 7 August 2026
Accepted: 10 August 2026
First Online: 19 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the AIIMS Patna Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) (approval number: I-24/431) prior to enrolment of the first participant, and all participants provided written informed consent. The trial was not registered in a public clinical-trials registry; this is acknowledged as a limitation.
Consent for publication: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for participation and publication of their data.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
