Al-Hakeim, Hussein Kadhem
Khudhair, Hayder Naji
Ranaei-Siadat, Sayed-Omid
Fatemi, Fataneh
Mirzajani, Fateme
Niu, Mengqi
Maes, Michael
Article History
Received: 31 December 2024
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study has been approved by the institutional ethics committee of the University of Kufa (2109/2023). The study adhered to both Iraqi and international ethical and privacy laws, including the International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice, the Belmont Report, the CIOMS Guidelines, and the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. Before participating in this study, each subject provided written informed consent.