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Article History

Received: 26 October 2024

Accepted: 6 November 2025

First Online: 18 December 2025

Declarations

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: Written informed consents were obtained from all participants. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants adhered the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was approved by the ethics research council of the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

: The authors declare no competing interests.