Masoumi, Elham
Jafarzadeh, Leila
Mirzaei, Hamid Reza
Alishah, Khadijeh
Fallah-Mehrjardi, Keyvan
Rostamian, Hosein
Khakpoor-Koosheh, Mohammad
Meshkani, Reza
Noorbakhsh, Farshid
Hadjati, Jamshid
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Medical Research Development (942554)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (36174)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2019
Accepted: 14 February 2020
First Online: 10 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by ethical committees of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Buffy coats or fresh whole blood from healthy donors were purchased from the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) and handled with necessary safety procedures and ethical requirements.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.