Niazi, Robina Khan
Gjesing, Anette P
Hollensted, Mette
Have, Christian Theil
Grarup, Niels
Pedersen, Oluf
Ullah, Asmat
Shahid, Gulbin
Ahmad, Wasim
Gul, Asma
Hansen, Torben http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8748-3831
Funding for this research was provided by:
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (1-8/HEC/HRD/2017/17326)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2018
Accepted: 25 October 2018
First Online: 15 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The current study protocol was approved by the local Ethical Committee with the name of ‘Ethics Review Board (ERB) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medica University (SZABMU), Islamabad, Pakistan and the committee’s reference number is No. F. 1–1/2015/ERB/SZABMU/−. The study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent forms were obtained from individuals > 18 years, while informed consent for individuals < 18 years of age were given by parents or guardians.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the patients or their parents for the publication of their clinical and genetic data.
: Wasim Ahmad is a member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of BMC Medical Genetics. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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