Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan (PSDP "Development of National Probiotics Lab at NIBGE")
Article History
Received: 10 May 2022
Revised: 13 March 2023
Accepted: 14 March 2023
First Online: 7 April 2023
Declarations
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were per the institutional and national research committee’s ethical standards and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Institutional review committee (NIBGE) and ethical review committee (ERC) of Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad (EC Ref No: KIH/ERC-001).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.