Azaryan, Ehsaneh
Karbasi, Samira
Saharkhiz, Mansoore
Hanafi-Bojd, Mohammad Yahya
Zarban, Asghar
Emadian Razavi, Fariba
Naseri, Mohsen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Birjand University of Medical Sciences (5785, 5785, 5785, 5785, 5785, 5785, 5785)
Article History
Received: 30 November 2022
Accepted: 7 February 2023
First Online: 14 February 2023
Declarations
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: The DPSC isolation was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethical Committee of Research at Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Ethical Number: IR.BUMS.REC.1399.090). Teeth were extracted from healthy donors in accordance with the dental treatment plan. All procedures were managed in accordance with appropriate rules and guidelines. All participants provided written informed consent. For HM-Exo extraction, 350 breastfeeding mothers aged 20–35 were recruited from four healthcare centers in southern Khorasan, Birjand, Iran for this cross-sectional study. Prior to recruitment, subjects provided written informed consent and all procedures were managed in accordance with appropriate rules and guidelines. All participants had infants aged 1 to 6 months with no history of chronic diseases or medication use in the previous six months. Birjand University of Medical Sciences Ethics Committee (Ethical Number: IR.BUMS.REC.1399.281) approved the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.