Ghorbani, Jaber
Hashemi, Farhad Bonakdar
Jabalameli, Fereshteh
Emaneini, Mohammad
Beigverdi, Reza
Article History
Received: 22 January 2022
Accepted: 16 May 2022
First Online: 19 May 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (approval number: IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1397.459). All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. No BAL samples were drawn for this study, BAL samples collected as routine clinical care for these patients and remnant of samples were used. Therefore, informed consent was not sought, and informed consent waiver was approved by the ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.