Akram, Muhammad Waseem
Arshad, Sadia
Javed, Muhammad Rizwan
Ijaz, Anam
Majeed, Muhammad Irfan
Nawaz, Haq
Alwadie, Najah
Huda, Noor ul
Ghaffar, Usman
Ullah, Muhammad Hafeez
Arbaz, Yasir
Sher, Aneela Falak
Imran, Muhammad
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deanship of Scientific Research, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNURSP2025R478)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP-2/381/45)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2025
First Online: 17 March 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in strict accordance with the NIH guidelines for the protection of human subjects (45 CFR 46) and was approved by the Institutional Ethical Review Board (IERB) of Nishtar Medical University Multan, Pakistan (reference no. 2230, dated 02–02-24). Informed consent was obtained from all human subjects.
: The authors declare no competing interests.