Rastegar, Maryam
Borzu, Zahra Arab
Payandeh, Abolfazl
Sartipi, Majid
Kouhpayeh, Hamidreza
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 30 October 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran (Approval Code: IR.ZAUMS.REC.1403.426). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the committee due to the retrospective nature of the study, in accordance with national regulations. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in compliance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.