Daryani, Nasser Ebrahimi
Jazayeri, Seyed Mohammad
Izadi, Nasim
Ahmadi, Hadi
Baghi, Hossein Bannazadeh
Shirmohammadi, Masoud
Sabbaghian, Mohammad
Shekarchi, Ali Akbar
Marvi, Shima Sadeghipour
Azadi, Arezou
Poortahmasebi, Vahdat
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Medical Research Development (979157)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 19 January 2026
First Online: 14 February 2026
Declarations
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: All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrollment. The study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research Development [IR.NIMAD.REC.1398.236], Iran in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.