Acknowledgement
The authors deeply appreciate the help of Ms. van Dyke and Ms. Bay for assistance in histological processing. The authors are grateful to Dr. Ozgun Pehlivan, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health for proofreading the methodology, verifying the results by double-checking the calculations, and revising the conclusions.
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