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Article History

Received: 2 March 2026

Accepted: 22 June 2026

First Online: 18 July 2026

Declarations

Human ethics: The study was done after approval from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy- Ain Shams University, with approval number ACUC-FP-ASU RHIDIRB2020110301 REC #1. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Faculty of Pharmacy - Ain Shams University. Written informed consents were obtained from all participants according to f the National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis in Egypt and the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy- Ain Shams University (approval number ACUC-FP-ASU RHIDIRB2020110301 REC #1).

Consent to participate: A written informed consent was obtained from all participants, according to the ethical guidelines of the National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis in Egypt and the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy- Ain Shams University, Egypt, with approval number ACUC-FP-ASU RHIDIRB2020110301 REC #1.

Consent for publication: The study was done after obtaining written informed consent from the National Committee for Control of Viral Hepatitis in Egypt and from healthy control participants.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.