Nisar, Asif
Kayani, Mahmood Akhtar
Nasir, Wajiha
Mehmood, Azhar
Ahmed, Malik Waqar
Parvez, Aamir
Mahjabeen, Ishrat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-672X
Article History
Received: 27 June 2021
Accepted: 11 August 2022
First Online: 4 September 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.
: All the authors have seen the manuscript and approved to submit the manuscript.
: All the authors consent to the publication of the manuscript. Furthermore, consent from cases and controls was obtained to publish their data prior to submitting their paper to a journal.
: Present study was conducted after the prior approval by the Ethical Review Committee of the COMSATS University Islamabad and collaborating hospitals. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.