Najdi, Jad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6224-894X
Hajjar, Layal
Hadadeh, Ola https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0938-5261
Telvizian, Talar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6407-6501
Dagher, Christelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-6408
Hammoud, Miza Salim https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-4694
Hajj, Albert El https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-7195
Abou-Kheir, Wassim https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9719-9324
Mukherji, Deborah
El-Sabban, Marwan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5084-7654
Article History
Received: 16 April 2025
Accepted: 8 October 2025
First Online: 14 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The institutional review board at the American University of Beirut (IRB approval IM.DM.08, 19 August 2015) has approved the study and all patients and healthy subjects provided written informed consent. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.