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Authors
Khademi, Melika
Kazemifard, Nesa
Fathi, Mohadese
Farmani, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9941-733X
Baradaran Ghavami, Shaghayegh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0359-8653
Khanabadi, Binazir
Shahrokh, Shabnam
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Institute for Gastroenterology and liver diseases (RIGLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU).
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Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 15 May 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent revisions. All procedures involving human participants and the use of human-derived materials complied with institutional and national research ethics guidelines. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (approval code: IR.SBMU.RIGLD.REC.1401.007). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection and data analysis.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
