Shawky, Manar A.
Menecie, Tarek I.
Saif El Deen, Eman M.
Rashad, Mohammed H.
Article History
Received: 11 August 2023
Accepted: 17 December 2023
First Online: 3 January 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional review board (IRB), Nasser institute hospital at 20 December 2020. Written informed consent was waived by the committee because of the observational nature of the study.
: Prior to the start of study, informed written consent was obtained from the patients, participants were provided detailed information regarding the study including the title, objective and procedures as well as assurance of the participants data confidentiality and anonymity with data never to be used for purposes other than scientific research. Participation in the present study was completely voluntary and study participants were free to withdraw at any time.
: Not applicable.
: TheĀ authors declare that they have no competing interests.