Siddiqui, Khalid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-1262
Nawaz, Shaik Sarfaraz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-4112
George, Teena P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8562-8857
David, Satish Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-1822
Alfadda, Assim A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4792-5188
Rafiullah, Mohamed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-3901
Article History
Received: 21 May 2025
Accepted: 2 July 2025
First Online: 15 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki. This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of King Saud University, Riyadh (IRB No: E-19-3969). Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants before the study commencement.
: Consent for publication was obtained from all authors.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.