Stepanskyi, Dmytro
Ishchenko, Oksana
McGann, Patrick
Lapa, Yuliia
Koshova, Iryna
Article History
Received: 7 August 2025
Accepted: 13 October 2025
First Online: 5 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Dnipro State Medical University, Dnipro, Ukraine (Approval No. 1, 21 September 2022). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all children enrolled in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors declare no competing interests.