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Muhammad Soomar, Sarmad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-3116
Altaf, Arshad
Asim, Muhammad
Ali, Tazeen Saeed
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Article History
Received: 3 June 2026
Accepted: 14 August 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
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Ethical approval and consent to participate: This research was carried out in accordance with the guidelines of Declaration of Helsinki . Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (ERC Ref #. 2022-7363-21645) . Informed written consent was obtained from all the participants before participation.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
