Luna-Chonata, Darwin
Guaillas-Japon, Auki
Almeida, Nicolás
Romero, Vanessa I.
Arias-Almeida, Benjamin
Palacios, Iván
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 23 January 2026
First Online: 4 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) (CODE 2018-217E) and conducted by the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the participant.
: The authors declare no competing interests.