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El Cheikh, Jean https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2846-9428
Tarhini, Ali https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6477-5286
Bazarbachi, Ali
Muhsen, Ibrahim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7156-2532
Rihani, Rawad https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4610-6272
Hashem, Hasan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-4726
Hanbali, Amr
Mir, Muhammad Ayaz Younus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-9016
Bano, Khadija
Youniss, Riad
Gharacheh, Maryam
Alfayez, Mansour
Ibrahim, Ahmad
Marei, Mohammed
Alshemmari, Salem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-5839
Ghafoor, Tariq https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-7160
El Fakih, Riad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-3865
Aljurf, Mahmoud https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3942-7370
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Article History
Received: 3 December 2025
Revised: 23 February 2026
Accepted: 12 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and all relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of American University of Beirut (BIO-2022-0246) and all other participating centers. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board due to the retrospective nature of the study.
