Valikhani, Maryam
Mortaz, Esmaeil
Molodi, Niloufar Alizadeh
Adcock, Ian M.
Tabarsi, Payam
Article History
Received: 4 December 2024
Accepted: 28 July 2025
First Online: 25 September 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics committee of Masih Daneshvari Educational Hospital, national research institute tuberculosis and lungs diseases (NRITLD) under local ethics permission (IRSBMU.NRITLD.REC.14020237/43009410). All methods were carried out in accordance with declaration of Helsinki and informed consent was obtained from all the participants in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.