Hosseininasab, Dorsa
Shiraseb, Farideh
Ghaffarian-Ensaf, Rasool
Hosseini, Shabnam
da Silva, Alessandra
Hajinasab, Mohammad Mahdi
Barry, Vaughn W.
de Courten, Barbora
Mirzaei, Khadijeh
Article History
Received: 15 December 2023
Accepted: 21 June 2024
First Online: 15 July 2024
Declarations
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: This research was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki. All experiments and methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Ethics approval for the study protocol was confirmed by The Human Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Ethics Number: IR. TUMS.VCR.REC.1398.142.). All participants signed a written informed consent form approved by the ethics committee. For illiterate participants, the informed consent elements were verbally presented by an impartial witness, who also signed the consent document along with the participant or their legally authorized representative (LAR).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.