Abdi, Sheyda
Montazeri, Vahid
Garjani, Alireza
Shayanfar, Ali
Pirouzpanah, Saeed https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5461-2115
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (5-D-46191)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 5 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study-related ethical points were described to each participant and a written consent form was obtained prior to the enrollment.
: The research protocol outlining the methodology, study subjects, sample size, data collection, biochemical tests and analysis, and all related ethical considerations were reviewed and ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences under the code IR.TBZMED.REC.1395.226. This report was prepared according to the STROBE statements specified for observational studies []. The enrollment of eligible patients was initiated after the Ethics Committee approval (July 2016).