Shaheen, Saima
Shahzad, Muhammad
Sher, Nabila
Khan, Muhammad Shabbir
Iqbal, Khalid
Ahmad, Habab Ali
Andrews, Simon C
Funding for this research was provided by:
Khyber Medical University (ORIC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N021800/1)
Article History
Received: 28 October 2024
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 3 June 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics Board of the Khyber Medical University Pakistan vide letter number DIR/KMU-EB/PR/000766 dated 3 February 2020. Before recruitment, a written informed consent was obtained from all the participants and their parents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.