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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 EDITORS| Moslem Bahadori MD | Mohammad-Sadegh Massarrat MD | Touraj Nayernouri MD | |
| Ismail Yazdi DMD | Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast PhD | ||
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DITORIAL BOARDChair:
Karim Vessal MD| F Azordegan, PharmD,MPH | A Mokri MD | H Rezvan PhD |
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MM Etemadi MD |
M Mohraz MD | F Saidi MD |
| M Haghshenas MD | A Nadim MD, PhD | B Shafaghi PhD |
| A Malekhosseini MD | S Rad MD | M Shirzadi MD |
| K Mohammad PhD | N Rassaian MD, PhD |
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OARD OF CONSULTANTSY Aghighi MD |
A Fazel PhD | A Marandi MD | SM Rezayat PhD |
| MM Aghsa MD | R Gharib MD | M Matin MD | MH Sanati PhD |
| M Akbarian MD | A Ghavamzadeh MD | V Mehrabi MD | S Shariat MD |
| B Alami-Harandi MD | A Hedayat MD | F Moattar PhD | F Shokri PhD |
| H Arefi MD | H Hekmat MD | F Motamedi PhD | M Sotoodeh MD |
| F Azizi MD | B Jahangiri MD | S NaseriMoghadam MD | E Sotoodeh-Maram PhD |
| M Balali-Mood MD | N Kamalian MD | B Nikbin PhD | H Tajerzadeh PhD |
| B Boroumand MD | A Khalaj PhD | M Nooraie PhD | K Vaezzadeh MD |
| SH Borghei MD | M Kimiagar PhD | P Pasalar PhD | A Velayati MD |
| K Dehshiri MD | M Mahmoudian PhD | G Pourmand MD | M Vessal PhD |
| Y Dowlati MD | A Khaleghnejad MD | F Rahimi MD |
P Vosugh MD |
| G H Edrissian PharmD | MB Larijani MD | BZ Radpey MD | M Zali MD |
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XECUTIVE EDITOR: Pejman Azarmina MD
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DITORIAL STAFF| Shokoufeh Borzabadi MS (copyeditor) | Saeed Shahraz MD (scientific and style editor) |
| Mohammad Hamed Ghotbi MD (internal reviewer) | Farah Tadayon BS (administrator) |
| Akram Samari BS (public relations) | Sohrab Najaf-Tomaraei MD (proofreader) |
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