Al-Hilo, Muntadher Abdulabbas
Alhillawi, Zainab Hussein
Article History
Received: 7 April 2026
Revised: 9 September 2026
Accepted: 11 September 2026
First Online: 21 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study (both the patient group and the healthy control group). Participants were fully briefed on the study’s objectives, the procedures involved, and their right to withdraw at any time without any penalty. Confidentiality of all personal and medical data was strictly maintained.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.