Shabbir, Bilquis
Sarfraz, Zouina
Gondal, Khalid Masud
Article History
Received: 21 March 2024
Accepted: 12 August 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: In accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards, written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The ethics committee of Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan, approved this study (Approval No: 47/CIERB).
: Consent for publication was obtained from all participants involved in the study for manuscripts that include information or images potentially leading to their identification.
: The authors declare no competing interests.