El Shabrawy, Reham Mohamed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9573-7042
Ashour, Zeinab Ahmed https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-1849
Ali, Fawzia Abo
Hosny, Salwa Seddik
Melek, Nermin
Okba, Ashraf
Article History
Received: 16 September 2025
Accepted: 27 October 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This case-control study was conducted at the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, and the Endocrinology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University from March 2022 to August 2024. The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, according to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Subjects’ consent was obtained according to the Declaration of Helsinki.