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Abdollahi, Mirsaeed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2444-1172
Pourfarzi, Farhad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6442-6340
Poustchi, Hossein https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-3628
Sadeghipour, Pardis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9260-4279
Hashemi-Madani, Nahid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-9906
Matin, Somaieh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-8868
Malekzadeh, Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-6335
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Received: 26 December 2025
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 28 May 2026
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: This study was conducted under the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki, and it was reviewed and approved by the institutional review board and the ethical committee (IRB/EC) of Ardabil University of Medical Science (IR.ARUMS.REC.1403.453). The patients’ health records were deidentified before analysis.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: During the preparation of the manuscript, the authors used ChatGPT solely for language editing purposes. After using this tool/service, the authors reviewed and edited to ensure the accuracy and validity of the content.
