Sharaf-Eldin, Wessam
Ghorab, Raghda M.
Rafat, Karima
Mahmoud, Heba
Hassib, Nehal
Alahlafi, Abdelaziz
Maroofian, Reza
Gleeson, Joseph G.
Essawi, Mona
Zaki, Maha S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Centre Egypt
Article History
Received: 1 December 2025
Revised: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
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: Patients’ guardians provided informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the study was approved by NRC Medical Research Ethics Committee (NRC-MREC) (ID 02410224).
: The authors declare no competing interests.