Gungor, Hande https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-1516
Cacan, Mehmet A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2587-6327
Atalay, Yunus O. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-9956
Article History
Received: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Istanbul Medipol University (Approval No: E-10840098-202.3.02-1245) and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study. In the case of any participants under the age of 16 or those unable to provide consent, consent was obtained from their parent or legal guardian. Consent was obtained for all forms of personally identifiable information, including clinical and biometric data. No organs or tissues were obtained from prisoners. The study did not include any vulnerable populations in which consent might be compromised.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.