Rast, Moein
Habibelahi, Abbas
Heidarzadeh, Mohammad
Nojomi, Marzieh
Ahmadi, Seyyed AmirYasin
Tehrani-Banihashemi, Arash
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran University of Medical Sciences (23254)
Article History
Received: 27 August 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 21 March 2026
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (IR.IUMS.REC.1401.254). Also, the study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Need for informed consent was waived by the Research Ethics Committee of the Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.