Moradi, Mohammad
Shahmiri, Shahab Shahabi
Shahsavan, Masoumeh
Farzadmanesh, Mohammad Javad
Mostafapour, Elyas
Meimand, Faridadin Ebrahimi
Pazouki, Abdolreza
Kermansaravi, Mohammad
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 15 November 2025
First Online: 6 December 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in the study involving human participants followed the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR.IUMS.REC.1400.107). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment.
: No individual person’s data in any form (including images or quotes) are included in this manuscript; consent for publication was therefore not required, as confirmed by the Ethics Committee of the Iran University of Medical Sciences.
: The authors declare no competing interests.