Mahmood, Saad Bin Zafar
Sethi, Sania Sabir
Khan, Muhammad Shahid
Parkash, Om
Bukhari, Saira
Almas, Aysha
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Health, Health Research Institute, Islamabad ,Pakistan (F. No. SG -22/R2/48/RDC/AKU/)
Article History
Received: 11 October 2025
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval was obtained from the ethics review committee at Aga Khan University (ERC # 2022-7327-22533).
: Informed consents were taken from parents and their children.
: The authors declare no competing interests.