About the Authors

Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani

Affiliation Reproduction Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mahsa Noroozzadeh

Affiliation Reproduction Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Saleh Zahediasl

zahedi@endocrine.ac.ir

Affiliation Endocrine Physiology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Asghar Ghasemi

Affiliation Endocrine Physiology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abbas Piryaei

Affiliation Department of Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Fereidoun Azizi

Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: FRT MN SZ. Wrote the manuscript: FRT MN SZ FA AG. Contributed substantially to design analysis, interpretation of data, drafted the article and revised and approved the final version to be published: FRT SZ. Contributed substantially to interpretation of data and drafted the article: FA. Performed the data collection, laboratory tests, interpretation of data and drafted the article: MN. Contributed substantially to laboratory tests and drafted the article Abbas Piryaei, contributed substantially to laboratory tests and histological assistance: AG.