The Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MJIRI), a scientific and research journal, seeks to publish original papers, selected review articles, case reports, and other articles of special interest related to the fields of basic and/or clinical sciences in medicine.

  Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran is published quarterly by Iran University of Medical Sciences and is indexed in Scopus, Index Copernicus، SID, Magiran.

  ISSN: 1016-1430

  Chairman: Mohammad Farhadi, MD

  Editor-in-Chief: Maziar Moradi Lakeh, MD

  Associate Editor: Seyed A. Moosavi, PhD, MTP, CLS

  Editorial Board:

  Hassan Arefi, MD

  Fereidon Azizi , MD

  Mohammad Farhadi, MD

  Mahdi Fathi, MD

  Hossein Forotan , MD

  Mohammad Ali Javadi, MD

  Mohammad Hassan Kalantar Motamedi, MD

  Mohammad Reza Kalantar Motamedi, MD, FACS

  Abolfazl Khosravi , MD

  Mitra Modarres Gilani, MD

  Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, MD

  Mostafa Moin , MD

  Mohammad Reza Noori Daloii, PhD

  Ali Akbar Pourfatollah, PhD

  Abbas Shafiee, PhD

Nasser Simforosh, MD

  Hamid Sohrab-Pour , MD

  Seyyed Ziaeddin Tabei, MD

  Ali AkbarVelayati, MD

  Publishing Manager: Majid Jalilzadeh Khoei, MD

  Executive Director: Marzieh Khadem Sharif, BA

  Technical Advisor & Layout: Ali Azimi, MSc

  Address: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemmat expressway, Tehran, Iran. P.O.Box 13145-534

  Tel: +98 21 8294 2702

  Fax: +98 21 8805 4418

  Email: mjiri@iums.ac.ir

  Website: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir