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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. N.G Mohamed El-Hefnawy
Professor of Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine,
Ain Shams University
Director of Electron Microscope Center,
Ain Shams University Specialized
Hospital (ASUSH).
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Prof. A.R Joshi
Department of Physiology
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed
University Medical
College Dhankawadi, Pune,
India.
Prof. Peng Hou
Dept. of Endocrinology,
The First Affiliated Hospital of
Xi’an Jiaotong
University School of Medicine
The People’s Republic of China.
Prof. Philomena George
Department of Biotechnology
Karunya University Coimbatore,
India.
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Dept. of Biological and
Biomedical Sciences,
Aga Khan University,
Stadium Road, Karachi,
Pakistan.
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Senior plastic surgeon,
Professor and head of unit
Safdarjung hospital and VMMC,
New Delhi,
India.
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Department of Medical Entomology
and Vector Control,
School of Public Health,
Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Iran.
Prof. Bechan Sharma
Department of Biochemistry
University of Allahabad,
Allahabad,
211 002,
India.
Prof. Hamdy Ahmad Sliem
Faculty of Medicine
Suez Canal University,
Egypt.
Prof. Vincent I. Ugboko
Professor and Consultant
Department of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery,
Faculty of Dentistry,
College of Health Sciences,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
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Nigeria.
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Department of Medicine
Renal-Electrolyte Division
University of Pittsburgh
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