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necessary before these interventions become standard practice.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the review: Garbuzov A, Nichols DS,
Chim H
Review of literature, manuscript writing and critical revisions: Shekouhi R

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