Lankarani KB
Health Policy Research Center and Gastroenterogy and Hepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran

Correspondence:

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, M.D.
Department: Health Policy Research Center and Gastroenterogy and Hepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
City: Shiraz
Country: I.R. Iran
E-mail: lankaran@sums.ac.ir

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