Abdi, Alireza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3042-2290
Abbasi, Ezatollah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8372-2911
Abazarlou, Aisan https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8945-1638
Article History
Received: 16 December 2025
Accepted: 28 April 2026
First Online: 9 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Urmia University of Medical Sciences (IR.UMSU.REC.1401.277) and registered in the Iranian Clinical Trials Registry (IRCT20221108056444N1; registered on 2023-02-12- Retrospectively registered). All participants or their legal guardians provided written informed consent following the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.