Kunceviciene, Edita
Liutkeviciene, Rasa
Budiene, Brigita
Smalinskiene, Alina
Belickiene, Violeta
Grabauskyte, Ingrida
Vilkeviciute, Alvita
Kucinskas, Laimutis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba (P-SV-22-192)
Article History
Received: 9 February 2026
Accepted: 10 March 2026
First Online: 23 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by Kaunas Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (No. BE-2–41/2020), and the Department of Bioethics, LUHS (BEC-MVG(B)-201, 2023 February 2023).
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. Written informed consent has been obtained from the patient(s) to publish this paper.