Nikniaz, Zeinab
Mahdavi, Reza
Bakhtiari, Zahra
Maddahi, Saeedeh
Masnadi Shirazi, Kourosh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Article History
Received: 27 October 2024
Accepted: 12 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All participants provided informed written consent. The ethics committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences approved the study protocol (Ethics code: IR.TBZMED.REC.1401.694).