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Article History

Received: 28 March 2024

Revised: 14 August 2024

Accepted: 23 August 2024

First Online: 12 September 2024

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethical committee of University Hospital Martin, Martin, Slovakia and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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