Khan, Shazia
Rawlins, Lettie E.
Harlalka, Gaurav V.
Umair, Muhammad
Ullah, Asmat
Shahzad, Shaheen
Javed, Muhammad
Baple, Emma L.
Crosby, Andrew H.
Ahmad, Wasim
Gul, Asma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0338-3134
Article History
Received: 22 May 2019
Accepted: 15 October 2019
First Online: 18 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan and University of Exeter, UK, in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki protocols. Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all individuals (or those with parental responsibility).
: Written informed consent for publication of research findings was obtained from all individuals (or those with parental responsibility) who participated in the study.
: Wasim Ahmad is a member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of BMC Medical Genetics. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.