Khaksar, Sarah
Latifi, Alireza
Mohebali, Mehdi
Atighehchian, Mehrnaz
Moradian, Asad
Asadigandomani, Hassan
Rezaian, Mostafa
Anasori, Narges
Koosha, Mona
Pellegrino, Kyle
Izadi, Shahrokh
Goudarzi, Fatemeh
Kazemirad, Elham
Soleimani, Mohammad
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (98-02-160-42948)
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 11 December 2025
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Approvals for this study were obtained from the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (code number: IR.TUMS.SPH.REC.1398.182). Samples were collected upon informing patients about the scope of this study and signing the informed consent form.