Waqas, Ahmed
Siddique, Irfan
Ahsen, Mehroz
Zubair, Muhammad
Naeem, Mehak
Memon, Aamir Raoof
Naveed, Sadiq
Article History
Received: 15 September 2023
Accepted: 26 March 2024
First Online: 19 April 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the ethical review committee at the FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan (Ethical review certificate number: FMH-06-2017-IRB-261-M). All methods were performed according to the ethical principles outlined by the Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human subjects. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants and their legal guardians.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Dr. Ahmed Waqas serves BMC Research Notes as an associate editor; however, he was not involved in the peer review process for this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.