Ramouz, Ali
Rasihashemi, Seyed Ziaeddin
Safaeiyan, Abdolrasoul
Hosseini, Mahdie
Article History
Received: 14 January 2018
Accepted: 5 July 2018
First Online: 21 September 2018
Ethics approval
: The study was approved by ethics committee of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Development, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Committee reference number: 92170), and registered in Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (ExternalRef removed), trial registration: IRCT2014010516077N1, Registered: 23 May 2014). All patients provided written consent form in order to participate in the study and the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the ethics committee of the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
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