Atef, Ahmed
Gamea, Mohamed
Sheha, Mahmoud Mamdouh
Sourial, Mina Safwat
Article History
Received: 14 October 2025
Accepted: 13 January 2026
First Online: 20 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Cairo University Hospitals on 20 December 2022 (Registration number MS-324–2022). Informed written consent to participate in the study was signed by all patients and by parents/guardians of patients under 16 years old.
: Not applicable.
: Ahmed Atef is a co-author of this study and editor in chief for the journal. The rest of the authors declare that they have no competing interests.