El-hagagy, Noha Yahia Mohammd
Gayeed, Beshoy Baligh Bolis
Abdel-Latif, Mohamed Mohamed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Assiut University
Article History
Received: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 29 January 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt (IRB: 17100594), and registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT03725527). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment. The study was conducted in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.