Khan, Nizamuddin
Ghai, Tushita
Kashyap, Richa
Bhat, Priyadarshani
Ahmad, Fuzail
Iqbal, Amir https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-367X
Alghadir, Talal
Alghadir, Faisal
Anwer, Shahnawaz
Alghadir, Ahmad H.
Article History
Received: 16 June 2025
Accepted: 1 December 2025
First Online: 17 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Sub-Committee at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (Approval No. RRC-2022-07, dated 17 May 2022). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) and complied with the institutional guidelines for research involving human participants. Additionally, the study protocol was retrospectively registered to the “ClinicalTrials.gov” under an assigned Identifier: NCT07002593 on 25/05/2025 [ ]. Prior to participation, all individuals were informed about the study’s objectives, procedures, and their rights, and written informed consent was obtained from each participant.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.