Gholizade, Maryam
Yazdani, Elmira
Hosseini-Baharanchi, Fatemeh Sadat
Nikoofar, Alireza
Esmaili, Golbarg
Goli-Ahmadabad, Foad
Mahdavi, Seied Rabi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1973-2140
Malekzadeh, Malakeh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Iran University of Medical Sciences (24666)
Article History
Received: 3 July 2025
Accepted: 20 August 2025
First Online: 4 October 2025
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) approved this retrospective study under ethics approval code IR.IUMS.FMD.REC.1401.387. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee, as the study involved retrospective analysis of anonymized data obtained from routine clinical practice.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.