Saad-Hussein, Amal
Shahy, Eman M.
Taha, Mona M.
Moubarz, Gehan
Mahdy-Abdallah, Heba
Ellaithy, Lamia S.
Saleh, Inas A.
Mohammed, Atef M.F.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Centre Egypt
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Accepted: 13 March 2026
First Online: 29 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the National Research Centre before the study (Registration number 20075), according to the Helsinki Declaration. Written consent was obtained from the included individuals before the start of work.
: Not applicable.
: Dr Amal Saad - Hussein is a co author of this study and an Associate Editor of the journal. She has not been involved in handling this manuscript during the review process. The rest of the authors have no conflict of interest to declare.