Metwally, Ammal M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0575-5202
Salah El-Din, Ebtissam M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3331-8977
Abdel-Latif, Ghada A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7165-0594
Nagi, Dina A.
El Etreby, Lobna A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-8565
Abdallah, Ali M.
Khadr, Zeinab
Bassiouni, Randa I.
Abdel Raouf, Ehab R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0899-8261
Elsaied, Amal
Elkhatib, Alshaimaa A.
Sallam, Sara F.
El-Sonbaty, Marwa M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9965-4124
Shehata, Manal A.
Elghareeb, Nahed A.
Badawy, Hala Y.
Ahmed, Doaa E.
Ibrahim, Nihad A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-6446
Emam, Hanaa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-4309
Abd El Dayem, Soha M.
Fathy, Asmaa M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt), (13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893, 13893)
National Research Centre Egypt
Article History
Received: 17 January 2023
Accepted: 9 August 2023
First Online: 22 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted after getting the approval of the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the National Research Centre with an ethical approval number of 17034. Written informed consent was taken from the parents/ guardians of all children enrolled in the study. For participants who were unable to write, a right thumbprint was used as a signature and their Legal Authorized representative provided informed consent for the participants. The study was fully voluntary, and data was collected in a confidential manner. The conduct of the study complied with the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects [CitationRef removed]. The information disclosure for “Making sure parents/ guardians understand” was guaranteed according to the recommendations of the Egyptian patients and guardians’ perception that clinical informed consent is the most preferred for informed consent practices [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: All authors report no conflict of interest. “No financial or non-financial benefits have been received or will be received from any party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.