El Miedany, Yasser http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-692X
El Gaafary, Maha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3948-3826
Mahran, Safaa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6446-9033
Gadallah, Naglaa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-6972
Azim, Atef Abdel http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1103-1286
Hassan, Waleed http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-6804
Abu-Zaid, Mohammed Hassan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8436-8598
Shalaby, Radwa H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-0136
Tabra, Samar abd Alhamed http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-5602
Elwakil, Walaa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8480-5698
Article History
Received: 3 November 2023
Accepted: 16 January 2024
First Online: 1 February 2024
Declarations
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: This study is in agreement with the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and it follows the ethical standards of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, IRB NO: 00012098. An informed written consent was obtained from all patients in accordance with the local ethical committee. Privacy of all patients’ data was granted as there was a code number for every patient file that included all investigations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that Mohammed H Abu-Zaid is an associate editor in the Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. Waleed Hassan, Safaa Mahran, Naglaa GadAllah, and Yasser El Miedany are from the editorial board of the journal.