Motamed, Hassan
Maleki Verki, Mohammadreza
Mozafari, Parviz
Article History
First Online: 11 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Financial support for the research was provided by Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
: Hassan Motamed, Mohammadreza Maleki Verki, and Parviz Mozafari have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: All procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences (IR.AJUMS.REC.1394.154) and have, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Patients provided written informed consent before they participated in the study.