Abdalhai, Rama http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4211-4061
Kouchaji, Chaza http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-7037
Alkhatib, Rasha
Article History
Received: 11 October 2023
Revised: 16 December 2023
Accepted: 18 December 2023
First Online: 29 January 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was provided by the Ethics Board of Damascus University, Syria (Approval No. UDDS-502-220420121/SRC-3183) and it was registered at the Clinical trials.gov (NCT05759286). Informed consent was obtained from the participants’ parents or legal guardians. Written consent to publish is obtained for Fig. InternalRef removed.