Hassan, Waleed Attia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-1715
Kemaly, Reham M.
Sayed, Mostafa A.
Nafeh, Hanan M.
Article History
Received: 2 June 2025
Accepted: 24 December 2025
First Online: 31 December 2025
Declarations
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: To conduct this study, we received a formal ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board at Assiut University's Faculty of Medicine (IRB: 04–2023–200303). The research methodology was prospectively registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov database (ID: NCT05891184). Prior to participation, all subjects provided documented consent following internationally recognized ethical guidelines (Declaration of Helsinki) for medical research involving human participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.