Sobhy, Mohamed
Mahfouz Badran, Hala
Hassanein, Mahmoud
Rafla, Samir
Zawawy, Tarek
Zaki, Amr
Loutfi, Mohamed
Sadaka, Mohamed
Ayad, Sherif
Kamal, Amr
Mokhtar, Ahmed
investigator group, ZEOS
Article History
Received: 30 March 2025
Accepted: 16 May 2025
First Online: 11 June 2025
Change Date: 9 October 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-025-00690-8
Declarations
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: The research ethics committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt, reviewed and approved the study protocol. The study methodology was developed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: All patients signed an informed written consent for study participation.
: Prof Hala Mahfouz Badran is a co-author of this study and an Editor-in-Chief for the journal and Prof Mohamed Sobhy is a coauthor of this study and an Editorial Board member for the journal. They were not involved in handling this manuscript. The rest of the authors have no conflict of interest to declare.