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In the Name of God the Compassionate the Merciful Archives of Iranian Medicine Board of Consultants Y. Aghighi MD S. Koochekpour MD PhD A. Ahmed MD (USA) H. Malekafzali MD PhD A Monthly Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal M. Akbarian MD A. Malekhosseini MD Founded in 1998 by the J. P. Allain MD PhD (England) A. Marandi MD Academy of Medical Sciences of the I.R. Iran S. Asfar MD FACS (Kuwait) S. Masood MD (USA) F. Azizi MD M. Matin MD ISSN: Print 1029-2977, Online 1735-3947 S. Bahram MD PhD (France) V. Mehrabi MD M. Balali-Mood MD F. Moattar PhD B. Bastani MD (USA) K. Mohammad PhD Chairman: Iraj Fazel MD FACS H. E. Blum MD (Germany) F. Motamedi PhD Editor-in-Chief: Reza Malekzadeh MD S.H. Borghei MD A. Nadim MD PhD Chairman of the Editorial Board: Karim Vessal MD B. Boroumand MD B. Nikbin PhD Y. Dowlati MD M. Nooraie PhD Associate Editors and Editorial Board G. H. Edrissian Pharm D N. Parsa MD PhD (USA) Shahin Akhondzadeh PhD B. Eghtesad MD (USA) D. 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