Article History
Received: 26 December 2025
Accepted: 25 April 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch (26 Nov. 2018/No. IR.IAU.PS.REC.1397.301).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.