Assaf, Abdelrahman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-2645
Alsaify, Baha A.
Troeber, Leonie
Javadi, Amir
Wiltfang, Rainer
Bechmann, Martin
Becker, Klio
Feucht, Nikolaus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Ulm
Article History
Received: 10 September 2025
Accepted: 1 February 2026
First Online: 16 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval from the Ethics Committee of the Bavarian Medical Association. The SMILE cohort was approved under the reference number EK-25035-01, and the ICL cohort was approved under the reference number EK-25011-01.