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
January 2004 Volume 7 Number 1 ISSN 1029 – 2977
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Iraj Fazel, MD, President of Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. Iran DEPUTY EDITOR: Reza Malekzadeh, MD
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Moslem Bahadori, MD Mohammad-Sadegh Massarrat, MD Hooshang Mohammadi, PhD Touraj Nayernouri, MD Ismail Yazdi, DMD Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast, PhD
EDITORIAL BOARD
Karim Vessal, MD, Chairman
Firooz Azordegan, PharmD, MPH Mohammad M Etemadi, MD
Mansoor Haghshenas, MD
Ali Malekhosseini, MD
Kazem Mohammad, PhD
Azarakhsh Mokri, MD
Minoo Mohraz, MD
Abulhassan Nadim, PhD
Saeed Rad, MD
Nayereh Rassaian, MD, PhD
Hoorieh Rezvan, PhD
Farrokh Saidi, MD
Bijan Shafaghi, PhD
Mostafa Shirzadi, MD
BOARD OF CONSULTANTS
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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 |
A Marandi, MD M Matin, MD V Mehrabi, MD F Moattar, PhD F Motamedi, PhD S Naseri-Moghadam, MD B Nikbin, PhD M Nooraie, PhD P Pasalar, PhD G Pourmand, MD F Rahimi, MD BZ Radpey, MD
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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 |
Y 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
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Shokoufeh Borzabadi, MSc (Copy editor)
Mohammad-Hamed Ghotbi, MD (Internal reviewer)
Farah Tadayon, BS (Administration)
Yeganeh Davoodi, (Administration)
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