Valizadeh, Roghayyeh
Borhani, Fatemeh
Shabani, Fatemeh
Mirghafourvand, Mojgan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 26 September 2025
Accepted: 27 November 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This manuscript is not being simultaneously submitted elsewhere and no portion of the data has been published elsewhere.
: This article was approved (ethics code: IR.TBZMED.REC.1403.03) by the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and registered at the Iranian registry of clinical trials (IRCT20120718010324N83). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to their inclusion in the study. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.