Hussain, Zainab
Rehman, Abdur
Samnani, Saira
Habib, Aysha
Sajjad, Zafar
Article History
Received: 12 September 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 16 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Aga Khan University Ethical Review Committee (ERC) under application number 2467-Rad-ERC-13. All procedures were carried out following the Declaration of Helsinki. Voluntary informed consent was obtained from eligible patients in the laboratory at the time of blood sample collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.