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Masoumi, Safdar
Hajizadeh, Ebrahim
Khalili, Davood
Eskandari, Farzad
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Received: 25 October 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
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: The study protocol follows the guidelines of the Iranian government for epidemiological studies in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. The ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and the University of Tarbiat Modares, Iran (no. IR.MODARES.REC.1404.034) and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Additionally, informed consent was obtained from the patient.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
