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Manal Azat Aziz1 \*, Abdulkareem Shehab Diab2 and Abeer Abdulrazak Mohammed3

1 Department of Medical Laboratories, Al Mansour Institute of Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq

2 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health and Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq

3 Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Mustanseriya, Baghdad, Iraq

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