Kanwal, Hafsa
Eldesoky, Gaber E.
Kalsoom, Umm-e-
Mushtaq, Saima https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-3193
Haral, A. A.
Fang, Yu
Khan, Amjad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-4159
Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 16 June 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol has been reviewed and approved by the bioethics committee of Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad reference No. #BEC-FBS-QAU2021-269 and from institutional review boards (IRBs) under Rawalpindi medical university, Rawalpindi Ref. No. 63/IREF/RMU/2021.Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrolment.
: The study protocols are the detailed version of the approved clinical trial that has been published in Heliyon [48].
: The authors declare no competing interests.