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Nourolahi, Sajad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9543-5968
Shafieian, Mahnaz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-6571
Moghadam, Ashraf Direkvand https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-4373
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Article History
Received: 4 October 2025
Accepted: 20 February 2026
First Online: 28 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Ilam University of Medical Sciences (Approval No: IR.MEDILAM.REC.1399.069). Due to the retrospective design and the use of anonymized medical records, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee. All procedures performed in this study were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and in compliance with the principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
