*Thalassemia & Hemoglobinopathy Research Center, Health Research Institute
†Hyperlipidemia Research Center, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
N.S.: conceived the manuscript and revised it. S.M.S.P., M.T.J., A.A.A., and K.J.: wrote the manuscript and prepared tables and figure.
All the procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with ethical standards of the local ethics committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (IR.AJUMS.REC.1397.487) as well as 1964 Helsinki declaration.
This paper is issued from the thesis of Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Pezeshki, MSc student of hematology and blood banking.
Supported by grant Th-9708 from vice chancellor for research affairs of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: Najmaldin Saki, PhD, Thalassemia & Hemoglobinopathy Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran (e-mail: [email protected]).
