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We confirm that the data were strictly obtained from medical records according to the privacy policy and
ethics code of our institute.

Financial support and sponsorship
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Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The study was approved by the Institution’s Ethics Committee. Ethical approval number UI-18-15. All par-
ticipants were adults, and they all signed an informed consent form before participating in the study.

Consent for publication
Patients were requested to sign an informed consent form to be able to participate in the study and have
their pictures taken.

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