Kaloudi, Panagiota
Protogerou, Athanase D.
Aissopou, Evaggelia K.
Basdeki, Eirini D.
Argyris, Antonios A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-6959
Athanasopoulou, Elpida https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6272-7102
Tentolouris, Nikolaos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-2534
Tektonidou, Maria G.
Sfikakis, Petros P.
Karatzi, Kalliopi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5453-898X
Article History
Received: 6 March 2025
Revised: 12 December 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 10 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece (reference number: D.S. 13/23-3-11). All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation in the study, in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.