Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 19 November 2025
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 27 April 2026
Declarations
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: Ethics approval and consent to participate were guaranteed by the Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University with IRB NO 00012098, FWA NO 00018699, serial number 0307253, and informed consent was taken from all the study participants or their relatives after declaring the benefits and the risks of the study.
: I confirm that all authors accept the manuscript for submission.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This was an observational study, not a clinical research, where patients would be subjected to a new therapy. For this reason, we did not register the study.