Taha, Sameh
Mallat, Jihad
Elsaidi, Mohamed
Al-Agami, Ashraf
Taha, Ahmed
Article History
Received: 5 January 2025
Accepted: 2 April 2025
First Online: 25 April 2025
Declarations
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: The work was approved by the local Research Ethics Committee of Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine (reference number: FMASU MD 164/2021) approved the protocol on December 3rd, 2021. The study was retrospectively registered in the ISRCTN registry (registration number ISRCTN14218985) on 02/07/2024.
: Informed written consent was obtained from the patients or their legal guardians in a private setting, where the study protocol was thoroughly explained to them.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.