El-Defrawy, Inas
Khaled, Manar
El-Far, Amira
El-Shenawy, Ahmed
Salem, Dalia
Gamal, Doaa
Fam, Nevine
Sayed, Hanan Ali
Hayek, Noha N.
Elrefaiy, Mohamed A.
Ray, Ahmed El
Soliman, Noha S.
Soliman, May S.
El-Kholy, Amani A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
Article History
Received: 27 September 2025
Accepted: 21 November 2025
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
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: The protocol of this work was approved by Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI) institutional review board (FWA00010609). The work has been carried out in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for Experiments in Humans. Each patient or caregivers (for those not able to consent) provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.