Faytong-Haro, Marco
Camacho-Leon, Genesis
Araujo-Contreras, Robert
Gallegos, Stephanie
Mautong, Hans
Robles-Velasco, Karla
Dominguez, Romina
Mendez Colmenares, Andrea
Noriega Espinoza, Ricardo X.
Peña, Fernando
Carrera-Mejias, Keila
Leon-Samaniego, Guillermo
Reytor-González, Claudia
Núñez-Vásquez, Cristina
Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
Simancas-Racines, Daniel Alejandro
Article History
Received: 21 March 2025
Accepted: 13 August 2025
First Online: 1 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethicals and approved by the ethics committee of Comité de ética e Investigación en Seres Humanos (CEISH), Guayaquil-Ecuador (#HCK-CEISH-18-0060).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.