Zidan, Amira A.
Gad, Ahmed Y. S.
Zakaria, Nermine H.
El-Hariri, Hazem M.
Elsharnouby, Noha M.
Helmy, Maged W.
El-Setouhy, Maged
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 23 September 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval from Alexandria University’s ethics committee (project serial number 040412). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients involved in the study. The clinical trial was registered in clinicaltrials.gov with the number NCT04979884 on July 28, 2021 ( ).