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Article History

Received: 25 December 2022

Accepted: 11 February 2023

First Online: 1 March 2023

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: A written informed consent was obtained from all the patients for the use of potentially identifiable images or other health information contained in our submission. Also, all the patients are aware of its use and the context of such use. We understand that it is our responsibility to have secured this permission and maintain the security of such personal health information. We confirm that a copy of the consent form is available for review by the Editor upon request.

: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. We declare that we are employees of Iran University of Medical Sciences (S.T., A.K. and A.A.) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (A.B) which are government institutions and their primary functions are medical education, medical research, medical treatment and primary health care services. Also, we declare that our manuscript is being submitted by the authors that “none “of them are official representatives of the government.