Islam, Syed S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-8642
Al-Tweigeri, Taher
Tulbah, Asma
Najjar, Saleh N.
Aljohani, Sarah S.
Al-Harbi, Layla
Gad, Ahmed M.
Ujjahan, Shafat
Aboussekhra, Abdelilah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-9254
Article History
Received: 5 April 2025
Revised: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 12 August 2025
First Online: 9 September 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All research protocols were approved by the medical ethics committees of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (RAC# 2210002) and Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC # BMRC/NREC/2013-2016/14[1]). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before sample collection. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.