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Authors
Behkamal, Bahareh
Asgharian Rezae, Fatemeh
Mansoori, Amin
Kolahi Ahari, Rana
Mahmoudi Shamsabad, Sobhan
Esmaeilian, Mohammad Reza
Ferns, Gordon
Saberi, Mohammad Reza
Esmaily, Habibollah
Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid
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Article History
Received: 4 March 2025
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
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: All study participants provided written informed consent prior to inclusion in the study. The research protocol and all procedures were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Approval No. IR.MUMS.REC.1386.250), with ethical clearance granted in July 2007. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Written informed consent for participation was obtained from all participants. Consent for image publication is not applicable to this manuscript, as all figures were developed only for the purpose of this study and do not involve any identifiable human images.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
