Saeed, Amna
Hussain, Iltaf
Gillani, Ali Hassan
Ullah, Farhan
Ali, Muhammad
Khan, Muhammad Shafiq
Maqbool, Ifra
Khan, Asif Nawaz
Fang, Yu
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 23 January 2026
Declarations
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: The current study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was also approved by the Institutional Medical and Ethics review committee of Ayub Medical Teaching Institution, Abbottabad, Pakistan (Approval Code/Ref.No.RC-EA-2024/166, Dated: August 20, 2024). Informed consent to participate was obtained from all of the participants in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.