ARCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINE

A Quarterly Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal Published by the

Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. Iran; Indexed in

EMBASE, the Excerpta Medica Database

ISSN: 1029-2977

DEPUTY EDITOR: Reza Malekzadeh MD

CHAIRMAN OF THE EDITORAL BOARD: Karim Vessal MD

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Shahin Akhondzadeh PhD

Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam MD

Bijan Shafaghi PhD

Moslem Bahadori MD

Touraj Nayernouri MD

Ismail Yazdi DMD

Mohammad-Sadegh Massarrat MD

Siavoush Sehhat MD FACS

Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast PhD

EDITORIAL BOARD

M. H. Azizi MD

A. Malekhosseini MD

S. Rad MD

F. Azordegan Pharm D, MPH

K. Mohammad PhD

N. Rassaian MD, PhD

M. Shirzadi

M. Mohraz MD

H. Rezvan PhD

M. Haghshenas MD

A. Nadim MD, PhD

F. Saidi MD

BOARD OF CONSULTANTS

Y. Aghighi MD

A. Fazel PhD

S. Masood MD (USA)

M. H. Sanati PhD

M. Akbarian MD

Z. Fedorowicz (Bahrain)

M. Matin MD

S. Shariat MD

J. P. Allain MD PhD (England)

R. Gharib MD

V. Mehrabi MD

F. Shokri PhD

M. Balali-Mood MD

B. Guyuron MD,FACS (USA)

F. Moattar PhD

M. Sotoodeh MD

H. E. Blum MD (Germany)

M. Haeryfar PhD (USA)

F. Motamedi PhD

E. Sotoodeh-Maram PhD

S.H. Borghei MD

B. Jahangiri MD

B. Nikbin PhD

A. Velayati MD

B. Boroumand MD

N. Kamalian MD

M. Nooraie PhD

M. Vessal PhD

Y. Dowlati MD

A. Khaleghnejad MD

G. Pourmand MD

P. Vosugh MD

G. H. Edrissian Pharm D

K. khazaie PhD (USA)

B. Z. Radpay MD

M. Zali MD

H. D. Fahimi PhD (Germany)

A. Marandi MD

F. Rahimi MD

EDITORIAL STAFF

Shokoufeh Borzabadi MSc (copy editor)

Farrokh Habibzadeh MD (copy editor)

Yeganeh Davoodi (public relations)

Sohrab Najaf-Tomaraei MD (proof reader)

Mohammad-Hamed Ghotbi MD (internal reviewer)

Farah Tadayon BS (design and layout)

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