Karami, Ali
Safizadeh, Banafsheh
Babaheidarian, Pegah
Katiraee, Farzad
Vaezi, Mohammad Amin
Sadeh, Maryam
Riahi, Taghi
Tavakoli-Yaraki, Masoumeh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4449-9248
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran University of Medical Sciences (1403-1-4-28106)
Article History
Received: 3 May 2025
Accepted: 24 June 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study obtained ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee at Iran University of Medical Sciences, with the assigned ethics code IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1403.192. The researchers conducted sample collection in accordance with the ethical principles and guidelines set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki [ ].
: Written informed consent was obtained from all adult participants prior to inclusion in the study. No minors were involved and signed forms are on file and available upon request.
: Since neither the manuscript nor the supplementary materials contain any personal or identifying information about participants, consent for publication is not required.
: The authors declare no competing interests.