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The protocol for the present study was registered at Universidad Cient\u00edfica del Sur (Registration Code: PRE-15-2025-00046) and it was waived for approval for Institutional Review Board. Protocol was also registered at PROSPERO online platform (CRD420250617669). No patient consent was necessary because we only included primary research studies with no contact with patients.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Ethics approval and consent to participate"}},{"value":"Not applicable.","order":3,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Consent for publication"}},{"value":"MTG received a research grant from Pfizer (ID 89830415), received payment or honoraria from Abbvie, TEVA, and Pfizer, participated on Advisory Board from Abbvie and Pfizer, and was an IHS Co-opted trustee (2021 to 2023). The rest of the authors declare no conflicts of interest. 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