Asoudeh-Fard, Abbas
Nejabat, Mahmood
Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri
Asoudeh-Fard, Mohadeseh
Gholami, Ahmad
Article History
Received: 14 June 2026
Accepted: 15 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (Ethics Code: IR.SUMS.REC.1399.645). All participants provided written informed consent prior to sample collection. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant international ethical guidelines for research involving human-derived biological materials.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.