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Pervaiz, Hira
Masood, Nosheen
Malik, Parvez Azam
Khan, Jahangir Sarwar
Khan, Mumtaz Ahmad
Malik, Hassaan
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Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by ethical committee of Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi (Approval No: FJWU/EC/2024/102, Date: 05-01-2025), Rawalpindi Medical University RMU (Holy Family, Benazir Bhutto, District Headquarter hospitals; Approval No: Ref. No. 531/IREF/RMU/2023, Date: 30-9-2023) and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, PIMS, Islamabad (Approval No: F. 1–1/2015/ERB/SZABMU/1203, Date: 30-11-2023). All participants provided their written informed consent before enrollment in this research, and all the methods are carried out in accordance with World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
