Meshref Osman, Doaa
Awad El Sherbini, Seham
Salah Meligy, Bassant
Mamdouh Ahmed, Nesma
Article History
Received: 4 February 2025
Accepted: 16 August 2025
First Online: 10 September 2025
Declarations
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: The Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, approved this study (Registration no.: MD-72–2021). Verbal consent was obtained from the legal guardians of all patients who agreed to participate in the research. Written approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee. The study was also approved by the Ethics Committee of Cairo University Children’s Hospital. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 and its later amendments. All methods were carried out in accordance with these ethical standards.
: The authors declare no competing interests.