El-Ansary, Afaf
Alfawaz, Hanan A.
Alhakbany, Manan
Bhat, Ramesa Shafi
Bjørklund, Geir
Al-Ayadhi, Laila Y.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ongoing Research Funding program , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (program number (ORF-2026R341))
Article History
Received: 26 February 2026
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
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: Informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents of each participant in the study and all experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations of the Ethics Committee of the King Saud University King Khalid Hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the College of Medicine, King Saud University (No. 22/0122/IRB) and adhered to the Guidelines for Research on Human Subjects of the Health Sciences Colleges.
: The authors declare no competing interests.