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Ullah, Shahan
Ali, Salamat
Daud, Muhammad
Paudyal, Vibhu
Hayat, Kawsar
Hamid, Syed Muhammad
Ur-rehman, Tofeeq
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Article History
Received: 21 October 2021
Accepted: 12 January 2022
First Online: 21 January 2022
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was approved by the Bio-Ethical Committee of Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad (Protocol No. BEC-FBS-QAU-104). Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board of Tertiary care hospital Peshawar (Ref No. 36923-28/LRH-III). Secondary care hospital Charsadda, found the ethical approval certificate from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad satisfactory to grant permission for conduct of the study. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants, and they were given the option to either thumb print (for illiterates) or sign the consent form according to their convenience. Consent form having both the options was approved by the ethical committees of both institutes.
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: The authors declare no competing interests regarding this work and its publication.
