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Authorship: All individuals who are listed as authors of a manuscript must have participated sufficiently in the conception and design of the work and analysis of data (if applicable) as well as in the writing of the manuscript. The authors must also believe that the manuscript represents valid work and must have reviewed the final version of the manuscript and approved it for publication

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Authors contribution:Each author’s contribution should be clearly mentioned in terms of conceptualization, design, data collection, implementation, data analysis, interpretation, and manuscript writing. All authors should have reviewed and approved the final version of manuscript.

Data availability statementA statement on data availability has to be included before the references. Authors may use following statement:

Data is available in public domain OR Request of data may be made to the corresponding author

AI disclosure: Mention whether AI was used in manuscript preparation. If used,

• Disclose and describe the contribution of AI in writing the manuscript.
• All authors should accept full responsibility for the contents of the manuscript and its supplementary material (text/ tables/ figures).

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Research that involves human participants also includes studies that use only human blood, tissue, or medical records. Authors should confirm review of the study by an appropriate institutional review board or affirm that the research was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/). Manuscripts involving experimental investigations on human should include a statement that the research protocol was approved by relevant institutional review boards or ethics committees and that all human participants gave written informed consent.

For studies among participants involving vulnerable group (eg. children, pregnant women, sex workers, tribal population, sub-ordinate workers, prisoners etc.), additional safeguard measures should be executed and reported as per the ICMR guidelines. For studies among children in 0-6 years age group, written informed consent of the parents or the legal authorized representative (LAR) should be taken and reported. For studies among children in 7-18 years age group, assent of the child along with the written informed consent of the parents or LAR should be taken and reported. Oral informed assent for children in 7-11 years age group and written informed assent among children in12-18 years age group should be taken and reported.

If authors did not obtain institutional review board approval before the start of the study, they should state and explain the circumstances. If the study was exempted from review, authors should state that such exemption complied with the policy of their local institutional review board.

For animal subjects, animal care and licensing guidelines under which the investigation was performed must be reported in accordance with the Animals in Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) statement.

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Electronic submission: Manuscripts addressing topics in any discipline of medical sciences that are deemed to be of practical value for the daily practice of medicine will be considered for review by this journal. All contributions should be submitted, electronically to https://bvmj.in/bvmjupload/ Authors are requested to submit the text including tables and artwork in electronic form to this address.

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