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Accepted: 26 May 2024

First Online: 14 July 2024

Declarations

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: This work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovations Republic of Serbia (No.: 451-03-66/2024-03/200042).

: Marina Andjelkovic, Kristel Klaassen, Anita Skakic, Irena Marjanovic, Ruzica Kravljanac, Maja Djordjevic, Biljana Vucetic Tadic, Bozica Kecman, Sonja Pavlovic, and Maja Stojiljkovic have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.

: This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia “Dr Vukan Cupic” in Belgrade, Serbia (No. 31/2020 dated 25 September, 2020.) and the Research Ethics Committee of the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade (O-EO-017/1/2020 dated 3/9/2020) and has therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

: Not applicable.

: Raw genetic data are generated and stored at the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, and are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

: Not applicable.

: MA, KK, AS, and IM performed the genetic analysis and data interpretation, MA and KK wrote the paper, RK, MD, BVT, and BK collected the patients’ phenotype data and reviewed the paper, SP provided funding, and MS conceived and designed the study and wrote the paper.