Mansour, Omar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-2153
S. Ali, Mohamed
Fekry, Mohamed
Hashem, Reem
Akmal, Yomna
Youssef Mohamed, Mohamed
Article History
Received: 31 December 2025
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures were reviewed and approved by the Ethical Committee of Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University (FWA: 00017585). Also, a written informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study. The consent also included publishing the results of the study with keeping the anonymity of both cases and controls.
: The participants gave consent for using their data in publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.