Daneshi-Maskooni, Milad
Keshavarz, Seyed Ali
Qorbani, Mostafa
Mansouri, Siavash
Alavian, Seyed Moayed
Badri-Fariman, Mahtab
Jazayeri-Tehrani, Seyed Ali
Sotoudeh, Gity
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (94-03-161-30123)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2018
Accepted: 1 August 2018
First Online: 25 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This trial was approved by the ethics committee of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Ethical Code: IR.TUMS.REC.1394.791). An informed consent form (in Persian) obtained from all the patients. Participation was free, and a patient could withdraw at whatever point the person feels he/she was unable to continue. The lifestyle advice was presented free to the patients and there was no bar to receiving the other health care services of the center. Side-effects of the supplements (up to 3 g/day) had not been reported previously. The personal information of patients was kept secret before, during, and after the study.
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