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Article History

Received: 22 July 2023

Accepted: 29 January 2024

First Online: 6 February 2024

Declarations

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: The study protocol was approved by Ain shams university, Faculty of Medicine Research Ethical Committee FWA 000017585,4 August 2019. Written informed consent was obtained from the patients participating in the study, or the first-degree relatives if the patient was unable to provide consent after information. The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. We confirm that we have read the journal’s position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this work is consistent with those guidelines.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.