Loutati, Ranel
Copeland, Viana
Klempfner, Robert
Ben-Zekry, Sagit
Mazor-Dray, Efrat
Fefer, Paul
Barbash, Israel Moshe
Guetta, Victor
Segev, Amit
Kuperstein, Rafael
Maor, Elad
Beckerman, Pazit
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tel Aviv University
Article History
Received: 4 February 2025
Accepted: 12 July 2025
First Online: 15 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Sheba Medical Center (approval number 2669-15-SMC). All methods were carried out under relevant guidelines and regulations. The authors confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: The Institutional Review Board of the Sheba Medical Center (approval number 2669–15-SMC) granted this research an exemption from requiring written informed consent based on strict maintenance of participants' anonymity during analyses.