Rashid, Haider
Rashid, Aamir http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-649X
Mattoo, Asif
Guru, Faisal R.
Mehvish, Syed
Kakroo, Shahood Ajaz
Lone, Ajaz Ahmad
Aslam, Khursheed
Hafeez, Imran
Rather, Hilal
Article History
Received: 14 November 2023
Accepted: 5 April 2024
First Online: 12 April 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee (IEC), Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Government of J & K, India. The IEC committee is registered with DCG(I) under registration No. ECR/799/INST/JK/2016/RR-21. The date of approval of the study is 19/03/2019, and the reference number of approval is SIMS 131/IEC-SKIMS/2019-356.All participants provided informed written consent to participate in the study. Informed written consent from parents/legal guardians was taken for patients under 16 years of age.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.