Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
An International Journal affiliated to Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE
ISSN 1561-4395

 Chairman

  Abolhassan Faghih, MD, President of Iranian Red Crescent Society, Tehran, Iran

  Executive Editor

 Parviz Afshar, MD, MPH, Director of Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE

  Editor in Chief

 Mohammad Mahdi Ghassemi, MD, Dept. of ENT, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
(Ghasemimm@mums.ac.ir)

Deputy Editor

Ali Vahdani, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE (vahdani@ihd.ae) 

  Co-Editors

  Seyed Vahid Hosseini, MD, Dept. of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran (hoseiniv@sums.ac.ir),

Seyed Ziaaddin Tabei, MD, Dept. of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 Editorial Board Chairman

Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, MD, Dept. of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 Associate Editor

Marzieh Bardestani, MD, Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE 

 Copy Editors

Ali Mahbodi, PhD, Dept. of English Language, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Nasrin Shokrpour, PhD; Dept. of English Language, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 Statistical Consultant

Najaf Zare, PhD, Dept. of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Saeedeh Pourahmad, PhD, Dept. of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 Assistant Editor

Zahra Ghahramani, BSc, Iranian Hospital, Dubai, UAE (ghahramani@irmj.ir)

 Webmaster

Z. Ghahramani, BSc

  Address:

Dubai Office: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, PO Box: 2330, Dubai, UAE. Tel : +9714 344 0250, Fax: +9714 344 0322,

Email: info@irmj.ir , ircmj@yahoo.com, URL: www.irmj.ir