Berce, Vojko
Egić, Boris
Lonzaric, Anja Pintaric
Rupnik, Maja
Mahnic, Aleksander
Funding for this research was provided by:
Univerzitetni Klinični Center Maribor (IRP-2022-01-08)
Article History
Received: 8 March 2025
Accepted: 23 December 2025
First Online: 26 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic Slovenia (0120 − 99/2022/4, 5 May 2022) and was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in Edinburgh in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all participants or their guardians (for children under 15 years).
: Patients or their caregivers (for children under 16 years of age) provided an informed consent for the anonymized publication of the results.
: The authors declare no competing interests.