Cárdenas, Paul
Carpio-Arias, Valeria
Chávez, Melanie
Benítez, Andrea Denisse
Baldeón, Alexis D.
Suárez-Jaramillo, Andrés
Fornasini, Marco
Robles, Julieta
Loza, Gabriela
Baldeón, Manuel E.
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Accepted: 17 September 2025
First Online: 2 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures were approved by the ethics committee of Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Oficio N°. 184–2023-CA-23052 M-CEISH-USFQ).
: Informed consent was obtained from all legal representatives of the children involved in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.