Flouri, Dimitra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8846-3573
Papanikas, Christos-Panagiotis
Manikis, Georgios C.
Ioannou, Eleftherios
Karaoli, Georgia https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4851-3285
Papageorgiou, Elisavet
Constantinidou, Anastasia
Siakallis, Loizos
Theodorou, Marilena
Vavourakis, Vasileios https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4102-2084
Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 8 October 2025
First Online: 19 November 2025
Competing interests
: L.S. collaborates with the Ayios Therissos Diagnostic Center ( ), a contributing site to the PROTEAS study. This collaboration did not influence the design, data analysis, or interpretation of this study, and does not constitute a competing interest. The authors declare no competing interests.