Aly, Doaa Mamdouh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-3866
Fteah, Asmaa Mohamed
El-Shishtawy, Samia
Sherif, Nevine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (121s)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 8 February 2026
Declarations
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: Before starting our study; approval from the Institutional Research Board of TBRI (FWA00010609) was obtained and the IRB approval number was PT (688). Written informed consent for the study was obtained from all participants as stated by TBRI’s Human Research Ethics Committee and in compliance with the ethical principles described by the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.