Plasma Complement C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 15 concentration is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome

• Akram Vatannejad ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akram Vatannejad, Reza Fadaei

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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• Reza Fadaei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akram Vatannejad, Reza Fadaei

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

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• Fouzieh Salimi,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Fatima Zahraa Fouani,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Behnam Habibi,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of postgraduate, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran

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• Somayeh Shapourizadeh,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation School of Mohadeseh, Shahriyar Education Office, Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran

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• Samira Eivazi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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• Sadegh Eivazi,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Asie Sadeghi ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.sadeghi@kmu.ac.ir (AS); nariman8463@yahoo.com (NM)

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences Kerman, Kerman, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-9856

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• Nariman Moradi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

  * E-mail: a.sadeghi@kmu.ac.ir (AS); nariman8463@yahoo.com (NM)

  Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

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