Ortiz-Prado, Esteban https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-7498
Cortez-Silva, Maria V.
Vasconez-Gonzalez, Jorge
Izquierdo-Condoy, Juan S.
Peñafiel, Javier
Crookston, Benjamin T.
Viscor, Ginés
Article History
Received: 17 January 2025
Accepted: 11 May 2025
First Online: 30 May 2025
Declarations
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: The study was granted an exemption from ethical review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Ethics Committee at Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Quito, Ecuador. This exemption, officially coded as 2023-EXC-008, was formally issued on May 8, 2023.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.