Heiba, Doaa
Salem, Nahla
Antonios, Manal
Shoman, Walaa
Article History
Received: 6 March 2026
Accepted: 11 June 2026
First Online: 7 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt (IRB No. 00012098, FWA No. 00018699, EC Serial Protocol Number 0107529; approved on 19 January 2023). All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. Informed consent for participation was obtained from every participant sharing in the study (parent or surrogate in case of patients less than 18 years old).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.