Sarvandani, Mohammad Niroumand https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9790-3908
Chen, Qing-Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5458-0210
Asadi, Masoud
Brunault, Paul
LaFata, Erica M.
Burrows, Tracy L.
Article History
Received: 27 December 2024
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: Authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The current study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health research established by ministry of Health and Medical Education and Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran. We obtained the approval by the Ethics Review Committee of Shahroud Medical University Iran (Registration No. IR.SHMU. REC.1399.161).