Owner President - On behalf of Journal of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Zehra Aycan

Dean of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

E-mail: zaycan@ankara.edu.tr

Editorial Manager

Prof. Neriman Defne Altıntaş

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Intensive Care, Ankara, Türkiye

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Neriman Defne Altıntaş

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Intensive Care, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7885-8942

E-mail: defne98hac@yahoo.com

Associate Editors

Assoc. Prof. Ayşegül Gürsoy Çoruh

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8638-8688

E-mail: draysegulgursoy@gmail.com

Asst. Prof. Ali Can Kurtipek

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3504-7402

E-mail: ackurtipek@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Berk Burgu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Division of Pediatric Urology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1546-1179

E-mail: Berkburgu@gmail.com

Asst. Prof. Cemal Koçak

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4799-5669

E-mail: ckocak@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Mine Hayriye Sorgun

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2370-7319

E-mail: drmsorgun79@hotmail.com

Prof. Nihal Apaydın

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7680-1766

E-mail: napaydin@gmail.com

Prof. Zeynep Ceren Karahan

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7727-3363

E-mail: ckarahan@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Previous Editors

Prof. Çetin Erol

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7396-3818

E-mail: cerol@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Aydın Yağmurlu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Medical Sciences, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3294-4482

E-mail: eayagmur@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. K. Osman Memikoğlu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7206-3552

E-mail: memikoglu@ankara.edu.tr

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Assoc. Prof. Ali Doğan Dursun

Atılım University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Physiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9056-0025

E-mail: ali.dursun@atilim.edu.tr

Prof. Aşkın Ateş

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1966-33

E-mail: askinates@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Aydın Karaaslan

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1256-1051

E-mail: karaars@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ayhan Cömert

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9309-838X

E-mail: comertayhan@yahoo.com / comert@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ayhan Kuzu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1561-9060

E-mail: kuzu@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Aylin Okçu Heper

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7807-0717

E-mail: heper@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ayşe Boyvat

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7897-8349

E-mail: boyvat@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Asst. Prof. Ayşe Gülsen Ceyhun Peker

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0856-9790

E-mail: ceyhun@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ayten Kayı Cangır

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2052-1642

E-mail: cangir@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Belma Turan

Lokman Hekim University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2583-9294

E-mail: belma.turan@lokmanhekim.edu.tr

Prof. Berna Arda

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2043-2444

E-mail: arda@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Betül Hatipoğlu, MD

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cleveland, USA

ORCID ID: 0000-00025285-5858

E-mail: hatipob@ccf.org

Prof. Birkan Sonel Tur

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0798-4554

E-mail: sonelb@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Burak Kaya

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8516-3658

E-mail: burakkaya@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Bülent Özkurt

University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Ankara Bilkent City Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6135-1870

E-mail: drbulentozkurt@yahoo.com

Prof. Cansın Tulunay Kaya

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1168-9005

E-mail: kayac@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Cüneyt Köksoy

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Division of Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2767-2830

E-mail: cuneyt.koksoy@bcm.edu

Prof. Çağdaş Özdöl

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3605-9365

E-mail: ozdol@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Çağlar Uzun

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8441-2912

E-mail: cuzun@ankara.edu.tr

David Kachlik

2^nd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8150-9663

E-mail: david.kachlik@lfmotol.cuni.cz

Prof. Deniz Billur

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8541-8251

E-mail: billur@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Deniz Odabaş

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4877-0122

E-mail: dodabas@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Derya Gökmen

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6266-3035

E-mail: oztuna@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Ebru Düşünceli Atman

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8515-281X

E-mail: eatman@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ela Cömert

Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kırıkkale, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7739-2717

E-mail: elacomert@kku.edu.tr

Prof. Elif İnce

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6846-6048

E-mail: Eince@ankara.edu.tr

Eren Berber, MD

Center for Endocrine Surgery Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, USA

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1964-9286

E-mail: BERBERE@ccf.org

Prof. Ergin Çiftçi

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4955-160X

E-mail: Ergin.Ciftci@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Erdinç Devrim

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7326-5104

E-mail: devrim@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Evren Süer

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4093-5436

E-mail: esuer@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Evren Üstüner

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0932-1508

E-mail: eustuner@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ferdi Tanır

Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Adana, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7408-8533

E-mail: ftanir@cu.edu.tr

Prof. Filiz Şimşek Orhon

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases, Division of Social Pediatrics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5949-2298

E-mail: simsek@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. George Feigl

Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Department of Macroscopic and Clinical Anatomy, Graz, Austria

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6984-5413

E-mail: Georg.Feigl@uni-wh.de

Prof. Gökhan Çakmak

Yüksek İhtisas University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7230-2871

E-mail: gokhancakmak@yiu.edu.tr

Prof. Gökmen Kahiloğulları

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8137-0510

E-mail: kahilogullari@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Göksal Keskin

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology and Allergy Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8553-5378

E-mail: goksalkeskin@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Gülay Aral Akarsu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Parasitology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0007-9006

E-mail: gakarsu@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Gülnur Göllü Bahadır

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8163-2226

E-mail: ggollu@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Gürol Cantürk

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3720-3963

E-mail: canturk@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Hakan Akbulut

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1631-5739

E-mail: akbulut@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Kemal Sayar

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Pharmacology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6807-4741

E-mail: ksayar@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Koray Ceyhan

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cytopathology Department, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6835-8709

E-mail: ckoray@ankara.edu.tr

Mark E. Rosenberg

American Society of Nephrology, Washington, USA

E-mail: rosen0001@umn.edu

Prof. Mehmet Armangil

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Division of Hand Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0433-0253

E-mail: armangil@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Mehmet Bektaş

Private Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7644-4466

E-mail: info@drmehmetbektas.com

Prof. Meltem Yüksel

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0369-299X

E-mail: mkyuksel@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Menekşe Özçelik

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5893-8577

E-mail: mozcelik@ankara.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Meral Demirören

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Informatics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7415-9602

E-mail: meraldemiroren@hacettepe.edu.tr

Prof. Murat Varlı

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1176-5255

E-mail: mvarli@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Mustafa Şahin

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4718-0083

E-mail: mustafasahin@ankara.edu.tr / drsahinmustafa@yahoo.com

Prof. Necmettin Tanrıöver

İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7628-9443

E-mail: necmettin.tanriover@iuc.edu.tr

Prof. Nilüfer Yalçındağ

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8963-5146

E-mail: nil.yalcindag@gmail.com

Prof. Nuray Yazıhan

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathophysiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1237-8468

E-mail: nurayyazihan@yahoo.com

Prof. Nurdan Çay

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7022-514X

E-mail: nurdancay@ybu.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Nüket Kutlay

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2999-4745

E-mail: nykutlay@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Onur Polat

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4850-8052

E-mail: opolat@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ömer Gülpınar

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0869-708X

E-mail: ogulpinar@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ömer Taylan Akkaya

University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4559-1209

E-mail: dr.taylanakkaya@gmail.com

Prof. Ömür Aydın

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Immunology and Allergy Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3670-1728

E-mail: omuraydin@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Önder Ergönül

Koç University Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1935-9235

E-mail: ondere@amerikanhastanesi.org

Prof. Özgür Demir

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6555-3579

E-mail: ozgdemir@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Rüştü Güner

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3473-346X

E-mail: guner@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Serap Akyürek

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8840-0233

E-mail: akyurek@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Seray Çakmak

University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Dermatology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8536-5946

E-mail: seray.kulcucakmak@sbu.edu.tr

Prof. Serdar Aksöyek

Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9118-6338

E-mail: serdar.aksoyek@hacettepe.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Sinan Özkavukçu

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4525-9027

E-mail: ozkavukcu@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Süha Beton

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8195-4380

E-mail: sbeton@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Ş. Esra Çetinkaya

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2415-1236

E-mail: ecetinkaya@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Şebnem Ataman

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3570-3825

E-mail: atamans@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Şehsuvar Ertürk

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7437-318X

E-mail: erturk@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Şevki Çelen

University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7033-3474

E-mail: sevki.celen@sbu.edu.tr

Prof. Şule Şengül

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2831-2682

E-mail: sengul@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Vesile Şentürk Cankorur

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Mental Health and Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2911-8323

E-mail: senturk@ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Volkan Genç

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3883-4791

E-mail: volkan@medicine.ankara.edu.tr

Prof. Zeynep Pınar Önen

Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara, Türkiye

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9778-9882

E-mail: zponen@ankara.edu.tr

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