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Article History

Received: 9 June 2026

Accepted: 4 August 2026

First Online: 20 August 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The Algerian family gave informed consent before withdrawal of blood samples and, written informed consent was obtained and signed by all patients. In addition, the verbal consent was also obtained during consultation. The study was approved by the ethics committees for scientific research of Farhat Hached Hospital Sousse, Tunisia. All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and approved by the Ethics Committees of the respective Tunisian hospitals.

Consent for publication: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents for their participation and publication of this work. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.