Kafeel, Sanober http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-6347
Hashim, Zehra http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-093X
Fawwad, Asher http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-9497
Nawab, Syeda Nuzhat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-3287
Funding for this research was provided by:
Higher Education Commision, Pakistan (6575/Sindh/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016)
Article History
Received: 17 September 2021
Accepted: 25 November 2021
First Online: 17 January 2022
Declarations
:
: Authors declared that they have no conflict of interest.
: This case-control research was ethically approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee (ICE) of The Karachi institute of biotechnology and genetic engineering (KIBGE) [Ref No. KIBGE/ICE/080/2016].
: All the participants were recruited with written informed consent for the insurance of their volunteer participation in this study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all cases and controls.
: Approved for publication by research institute (KIBGE, University of Karachi, Pakistan).