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RCHIVES OF IRANIAN MEDICINEA 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
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DITOR-IN-CHIEF: Iraj Fazel MD, President, Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. IranD
EPUTY EDITOR: Reza Malekzadeh MDA
SSOCIATE EDITORSMoslem Bahadori MD Mohammad-Sadegh Massarrat MD Touraj Nayernouri MD
Ismail Yazdi DMD Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast PhD
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DITORIAL BOARDChair:
Karim Vessal MDF Azordegan, PharmD, MPH
MM Etemadi MD
M Haghshenas MD
A Malekhosseini MD
K Mohammad PhD
A Mokri MD
M Mohraz MD
A Nadim MD, PhD
S Rad MD
N Rassaian MD, PhD
H Rezvan PhD
F Saidi MD
B Shafaghi PhD
M Shirzadi MD
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OARD OF CONSULTANTSY Aghighi MD
MM Aghsa MD
M Akbarian MD
B Alami-Harandi MD
H Arefi MD
F Azizi MD
M Balali-Mood MD
B Boroumand MD
SH Borghei MD
K Dehshiri MD
Y Dowlati MD
G H Edrissian PharmD
A Fazel PhD
R Gharib MD
A Ghavamzadeh MD
A Hedayat MD
H Hekmat MD
B Jahangiri MD
N Kamalian MD
A Khalaj PhD
M Kimiagar PhD
M Mahmoudian PhD
A Khaleghnejad MD
MB Larijani MD
A Marandi MD
M Matin MD
V Mehrabi MD
F Moattar PhD
F Motamedi PhD
S NaseriMoghadam MD
B Nikbin PhD
M Nooraie PhD
P Pasalar PhD
G Pourmand MD
F Rahimi MD
BZ Radpey MD
SM Rezayat PhD
MH Sanati PhD
S Shariat MD
F Shokri PhD
M Sotoodeh MD
E Sotoodeh-Maram PhD
H Tajerzadeh PhD
K Vaezzadeh MD
A Velayati MD
M Vessal PhD
P Vosugh MD
M Zali MD
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XECUTIVE EDITOR: Pejman Azarmina MDE
DITORIAL STAFFShokoufeh Borzabadi MS (copyeditor)
Mohammad Hamed Ghotbi MD (internal reviewer)
Parastoo Mojtahedzadeh BS (administrator)
Saeed Shahraz MD (scientific and style editor)
Farah Tadayon BS (administrator)
Sohrab-Najaf Tomaraei MD (proofreader)
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