Khan, Saeed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0910-4095
Faruqui, Hafsa
Zahid, Maria
Chaudhry, Sharjeel
Rehman, Zaira
Noor, Hamza
Naushad, Manaal
Article History
Received: 28 July 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Dow University of Health Sciences Institutional Review Board [Ref: IRB-1649/DUHS/Approval/2020/195], and informed consent was taken from all patients whose samples were collected. Confidentiality of the patients was maintained during the study.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.
: The authors declare no competing interests.