Nawaz, Rabia
Nawaz, Ayesha
Arif, Muhammad Ali
Rehman, Zubaria
Shah, Rida
Shafi, Faiza
Javaid, Mariam
Idrees, Habiba
Shahid, Muhammad
Amin, Irum
Afzal, Samia
Ahad, Ammara
Ali, Muhammad Rizwan
Khan, Muhammad Alamgir
Sajjad, Sana
Rafique, Shazia
Idrees, Muhammad
Article History
Received: 29 November 2025
Accepted: 11 August 2026
First Online: 28 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: We followed the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki, as well as the guidelines of our institutional research committee. The ethical review committees of both institutes (Ethical review committee of Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; Ethical review committee of Genome Center for Molecular Based Diagnosis and Research, Lahore, Pakistan) have reviewed and approved the study. All participants gave their informed consent before taking part in the study. In case of minors (younger than 16 years of age), the guardian was informed and signed consent was obtained.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.