Saleem, Saima http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2173-1008
Khan, Ramsha
Haider, Ghulam
Hasan, Sara
Fatima, Faria
Zehra, Sitwat
Azhar, Abid
Article History
Received: 31 January 2021
Accepted: 7 June 2021
First Online: 22 June 2021
Declarations
: Approval for the research work and the use of human subjects were obtained as a preliminary step from ethical review committees of the concerned institutes KIBGE and JPMC, respectively. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent was taken from all participants included in the study (Cases and Controls) before blood sample collection.
: Supported and approved by the research institute KIBGE, University of Karachi, Karachi.
: The study was reviewed and approved by Ethical Committee for Scientific Research at The Karachi Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi. Written consent for research work was taken from each study participant.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.