Editors- in- Chief S. Selçuk Atamanalp, MD Cemal Gündoğdu, MD Editors Metin Akgün, MD, FCCP Mecit Kantarcı, MD, PhD

Associate Editors

Hamit ACEMOĞLU, MD Mahmut AÇIKEL, MD Fatih AKÇAY, MD M. Nuran AKÇAY, MD Hülya AKSOY, MD Yılmaz AKSOY, MD Bülent AKTAN, MD A. Esin AKTAŞ, MD Zekeriya AKTÜRK, MD Fatih ALBAYRAK, MD H. Ahmet ALICI, MD Şahin ASLAN, MD Mustafa ATASOY, MD Orhan ATEŞ, MD Nazan AYDIN, MD M. Dumlu AYDIN, MD Bülent AYDINLI, MD Necip BECİT, MD N. Ercüment BEYHUN, MD Habib BİLEN, MD Bünyamin BÖREKÇİ, MD Münacettin CEVİZ, MD Naci CEVİZ, MD Nazım DOĞAN, MD Mücahit EMET, MD Suat EREN, MD Atilla EROĞLU, MD M. Kemal EROL, MD Vildan ERTEKİN, MD Naci EZİRMİK, MD

Metin GÖRGÜNER, MD Mustafa GÜL, MD Fuat GÜNDOĞDU, MD Nesrin GÜRSAN, MD Ahmet HACIMÜFTÜOĞLU, MD Zekai HALICI, MD Metin İNGEÇ, MD Saliha KARATAY, MD Mustafa KELEŞ, MD İlhami KİKİ, MD İbrahim KOÇER, MD Dilcan KOTAN, MD İsmail MALKOÇ, MD Meltem Alkan MELİKOĞLU, MD Elif ORAL, MD İsa ÖZBEY, MD Kemalettin ÖZDEN, MD Behzat ÖZKAN, MD Zülal ÖZKURT, MD İbrahim PİRİM, MD Pınar POLAT, MD A. Bedii SALMAN, MD Kazım ŞENEL, MD Önder TAN, MD Elif Yılmazel UÇAR, MD Hızır ULVİ, MD M. Hamidullah UYANIK, MD Bünyami ÜNAL, MD Erhan VAROĞLU, MD Ö. Selim YILDIRIM, MD Özgür YÖRÜK, MD

Biostatistical Consultants Hamit Acemoğlu, MD Zekeriya Aktürk, MD N. Ercüment Beyhun, MD

International Advisory Board D.Hameed M. Aklan, MD Sana’a, Yemen Sara Bright, PhD Manchester, UK Masoud Mardani, MD Tehran, Iran Şükrü Emre, MD New Heaven, USA Serge Gauthier, MD Aging, Canada Harry K. Genant, MD San Francisco, USA Alin Lucian Girnita, MD Pittsburgh, USA Ted Hadfield, PhD Florida, USA Shahrokh Izadi, MD, PhD Tehran, Iran Sunjoo Kim, PhD Jinju, Republic of Korea Aytekin Oto, MD Chicago, USA Stephen P. Povoski, MD, FACS Ohio, USA Süreyya Savaşan, MD Detroit, USA Luca Semerano, MD Bobigny, France Jeong Hwan Shin, MD Busan, Republic of Korea Abdulmaged M. Traish, PhD Boston, USA Nihal Tumer, MD Florida, USA Sebnem Unlu, PhD Pittsburgh, USA