Nooshin Shirzad
ORCID iD Department of Endocrinology, Vali‑Asr Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital & Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mahdieh Taghvaee
Department of Endocrinology, Vali‑Asr Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Gordon A. Ferns
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Division of Medical Education, Brighton
United Kingdom
Mostafa Qorbani
Department of Epidemiology, Non‑Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mahboobeh Hemmatabadi
ORCID iD Department of Endocrinology, Vali‑Asr Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Imam Khomeini Complex Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Naser Mobarra
Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad
Iran, Islamic Republic of
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