Bou Harb, Souad
Mansour, Reem
Al Zoghby, Lea
Khazzeka, Alicia
Matar, Ayah
Zoughaib, Youssef
Kanafani, Zeina A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-1286
Article History
Received: 12 May 2026
Accepted: 20 July 2026
First Online: 28 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the American University of Beirut (IRB ID: BIO-2022-0065) and was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.