Funding for this research was provided by:
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (IR.HUMS.REC.1399.562)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2022
Accepted: 16 April 2023
First Online: 13 May 2023
Declarations
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: The study received ethics approval from the Ethics Committee of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences under the ethics code: IR.HUMS.REC.1399.562 and complies with the statements of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients. The trial has also been registered prospectively at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT), IRCT20201106049289N1, available at ExternalRef removed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.