Shoukat, Maria
Khan, Haseeb
Nazish, Moona
Rehman, Abdur
Raashid, Sheharyar
Ahmed, Saad
Munir, Wajid
Alrefaei, Abdulwahed Fahad
Umair, Massab
Bin Abid, Muhammad Osama
Akhtar, Nasim
Zaman, Wajid
Badshah, Malik
Article History
Received: 17 August 2024
Accepted: 5 December 2024
First Online: 14 January 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Advance Studies and Research Board (ASRB) of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and the Ethical Review Committee (ERC) of the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (Ethical Approval Reference No: F.1–5/RAPiD/2020–21/ERC) dated April 2021. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. The study was conducted in compliance with the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.