Almuqrin, Abdulaziz M. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7025-6543
Aziz, Ibrahim M.
Alrezaihi, Abdulrahman F.
Alzamil, Lama
Farrag, Mohamed A.
Hafiz, Taghreed A.
Aljowaie, Reem M.
Almajhdi, Fahad N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University (W25-6)
Article History
Received: 9 September 2025
Accepted: 3 November 2025
First Online: 26 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted following the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the King Saud University Institutional Review Board Ethics Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Ethics Reference No. E-141326/IRB). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all child participants before sample collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.