Maqsood, Maha
Sharif, Saima http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-2380
Naz, Shagufta
Farasat, Tasnim
Manzoor, Farkhanda
Cheema, Maqsood
Saqib, Muhammad
Article History
Received: 10 November 2022
Accepted: 4 January 2023
First Online: 28 January 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Ethical Review Committee of Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. (No. REF/NO/LCWU/ZOO/586-; Dated: 18-01-2019). We also received IRB approval letter from Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore (IRB ID: SZMC/IRB/Internal/265/2020). We received permission letter of blood sampling from Civil Hospital. Karachi (REF NO: 12449; Date: 16-11-2020) and DHQ, Hospital for Gujranwala (Memo # 21; Date: 27-7-2020).
: Prior to their participation, all of the participants gave their informed consent, and the data were either pseudonymized or anonymized, depending on the circumstance.
: The authors state that they have no conflicts of interest.