Fathy, Sabah E.
AbdAllah, Amany M.
El-Maghawry, Hala Ahmed
Ali, Lamis Ibrahim
Helal, Rania Y.
Article History
Received: 16 November 2023
Accepted: 31 December 2023
First Online: 22 January 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University (ZU-IRB #10247/25–12-2022). Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants after explaining the details and benefits as well as risks to them. Surrogate consent from the patient’s legal guardian or designated health proxy was permitted in cases where the patient did not have decision-making capacity.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.