Youssef, Monica Bassem Rady https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4368-223X
Arafat, Ahmed Ezzat Abdelnabi
Gad, Mostafa Ahmed https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8721-0673
Marei, Mahmoud Marei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-1830
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
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: The institutional research and ethics committee of Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine reviewed and permitted the research protocol (Code: 25281). The definitive research ethics committee approval was obtained, under code: ms-458–2021. After participants were adequately briefed on the study's goals, their written informed consent was obtained. The subject could withdraw from the study at any moment; participation was voluntary. According to the Declaration of Helsinki, all steps of data collecting, entry, and analysis were conducted in a highly confidential and private manner.
: The authors declare no competing interests.