Meškauskas, Matas
Rutkauskas, Saulius
Misiūnienė, Miglė
Žumbakys, Juozas
Tomkevičiūtė, Jūratė
Malcius, Dalius
Čekanauskas, Emilis
Article History
Received: 16 December 2025
Accepted: 9 March 2026
First Online: 17 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Kaunas Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (protocol no. 2022-BE10-0003; date of approval: 1 February 2022). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants and their legal guardians prior to inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.