Hamoongard, Majid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-6088
Hadadnezhad, Malihe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-1524
Sadeghi, Hassan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-1754
Tazji, Mehdi Khaleghi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-3961
Benjaminse, Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8528-1136
Article History
Received: 26 July 2025
Accepted: 8 February 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study received ethical approval from the biomedical research ethics committee of Kharazmi University (Approval Code: IR.KHU.REC.1403.169). Additionally, the trial was prospectively registered on the IRCT (Registration Code: IRCT20210602051477N3). Written informed consent will be obtained from all eligible participants before their inclusion in the study.
: All of the authors have consented to the publication of this work.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.