Gudonytė, Jūratė https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5128-0442
Žukauskaitė, Irena https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6686-1995
Norkus, Antanas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-401X
Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 28 October 2025
First Online: 7 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee (for the first stage of study No. 6B/2003; for the follow-up No. BE-2-34/2011 and No.PI-22/2013).
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.