Jamalinia, Mohamad
Targher, Giovanni
Lonardo, Amedeo
Heydari, Seyed Taghi
Bagheri Lankarani, Kamran
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (24616)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Accepted: 1 May 2026
First Online: 8 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) (approval number: IR.SUMS.REC.1401.042). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before their enrollment in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.