Tabibi, Mohammad Ali
Salimian, Nasrin
Nazemi, Farzad
Cheema, Bobby
Mansourian, Marjan
Marateb, Hamid Reza
Shahrbanian, Shahnaz
Ahmadi, Saghar
Ahmadi, Esmaeil
Article History
Received: 24 August 2025
Accepted: 30 June 2026
First Online: 3 July 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol and informed consent form were approved by the Iran National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research (approval numbers: IR.IAU.KHUISF.REC.1400.158 and IR.SSRC.REC.1401.083). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrollment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.