Karimi, Fatemeh
Kafami, Marzieh
Khakestar, Fatemeh Ghodrati
Madahali, Mohammad Hossein
Nazemi, Samad
Karimi, Sareh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8938-4749
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences (402089)
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (4020979)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2025
Accepted: 5 August 2025
First Online: 19 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. All co-authors have seen and agree with the contents of the manuscript, and there is no financial interest to report. We certify that the submission is original work and is not under review at any other publication.
: This work is approved by the ethical committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (approval code: IR.MUMS.MEDICAL.REC.1402.462).
: All samples were collected from humans who provided written informed consent in Persian with guarantees of confidentiality.