Torres-Cuenca, Dayana
Ortiz, Juan Eduardo
González-Andrade, Fabricio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-9095
Article History
Received: 5 April 2025
Accepted: 8 August 2025
First Online: 21 August 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Research of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (CEISH-USFQ), under approval number 080 2021-CA.P20.027TPG-CEISG-USFQ, granted on May 3rd, 2022.
: All patients signed the written Informed Consent. Written informed consent was obtained from the participant’s parent/legal guardian/next of kin to participate in the study.