GYNECOLOGY OBSTETRICS &
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
Official Publications of
Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Perinatology Society of Turkey
South East European Society of Perinatal Medicine
EDITORIAL BOARD
•Coordinating Editor in Chief
•M. Sinan BEKSAÇ, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
•Coordinating Editors
•A. Seval ERDİNÇ, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Sezcan MÜMÜŞOĞLU, M.D., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Aykan YÜCEL, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Sections
•Editors in Chief
•Aris J. ANTSAKLIS, Prof., University of Athens, Athens, Greece
•Acar KOÇ, Prof., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
•Section Editors
•Maternal & Fetal Medicine
•Recep HAS, Prof., Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
•Ratko MATIJEVIC, Prof., University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia
•Nebojsa RADUNOVIC, Prof., University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
•Atıl YÜKSEL, Prof., Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
•Perinatal Medicine
•Apostolos P. ATHANASIADIS, Prof., Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Greece
•Namık DEMİR, Prof., Private Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
•Orion GLIOZHENI, Prof., Spitalin University, Tiran, Albania
•Florin STAMATIAN, Prof., Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
•Neonatology
•Ayşe KORKMAZ, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Milan STANOJEVIC, Prof., Medical School University of Zagreb,Croatia
•Murat YURDAKOK, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
•Gürkan BOZDAĞ, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•İbrahim ESİNLER, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Tatjana MOTRENKO SIMIC, M.D., Human Reproduction Centre Budva, Montenegro
•Urogynecology, Andrology and Male Infertility
•Ali ERGEN, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Ciril J. GODEC, Prof., Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA
•Gynecologic Oncology & Tumor Biology
•Ali AYHAN, Prof., Baskent University, Ankara,Turkey
•Nejat ÖZGÜL, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•M. Coşkun SALMAN, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Basic Science
•The-Hung BUI, Prof., Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
•A. Nur ÇAKAR, Prof., TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey
•Özgür ÖZYÜNCÜ, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
•Dilek UYGUR, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Editorial Board
•Gordana ADAMOVA, Prof., Remedika General Hospital, Skopje, FYROM
•Saadet ARSAN, Prof., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
•Belgin ATAÇ, Prof., Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
•Şükriye AYTER, Prof., TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey
•Sevim BALCI, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Volkan BALTACI, Prof., Genart Women's Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Centre, Ankara, Turkey
•Seher BAŞARAN, Prof., Istanbul University Istanbul, Turkey
•Merih BAYRAM, Prof., Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
•Güner BUŞ, M.D. Private, Prizren, Kosova
•Snezhana CRNOGORAC, Prof., Podgorica, Montenegro
•A. Nuri DANIŞMAN, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Roumen DIMITROV, Prof., Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
•Jadranka DIZDAREVIC, Prof., Medical Faculty in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•İlkan DÜNDAR, Prof., Private Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
•Valentin FRIPTU, Prof., Doctor Habilitat in Medicină, Moldavia, Romania,
•Antonios GOUNARIS, M.D., University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
•Serkan GÜÇLÜ, Prof., Şifa University, İzmir, Turkey
•Dominic ILIESCU, M.D.,University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania
•Joannis KALLIKAS, M.D., Makarios Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
•Ergun KARAAĞAOĞLU, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Christina KARAOLI, Prof., Hospital Archbishop Makarios III, Nicosia, Cyprus
•Deniz KARÇAALTINCABA, Assoc. Prof., Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
•Sedef KIR, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Goran KOCOSKI, M.D., University of SS Ciril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia,
•Esin KOÇ, Prof., Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
•Olivera KONTIC VUCINIC, Prof., University of Belgrad, Serbia
•Necat İMİRZALIOĞLU, Prof., HRS Clinic, Ankara, Turkey
•Marija HADJI LEGA, Prof., University of Skopje, FYROM
•Arda LEMBET, Assoc. Prof., Private Femical Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
•George MAKRYDIMAS, Assoc. Prof., University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
•Valentina MAZNEIKOVA, Prof., St.Sofia Medical Center, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
•İnanç MENDİLCİOĞLU, Prof., Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
•M. Mutlu MEYDANLI, Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Rubena MOISIU, Prof., Spitalin University, Tiran, Albania
•Daniel MURESAN, Assoc. Prof., University of Medicine And Pharmacy Cluj Napoca, Romania
•Sevda MÜFTÜOĞLU, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Emirhan NEMUTLU, Assoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Fırat ORTAÇ, Prof., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
•Mircea ONOFRIESCU, Prof., Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
•Hakan ÖZKARDEŞ, Prof., Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
•Apostolos PAPAGEORGIOU, Prof., Jewish General Hospital, Canada
•Nikolaos PAPANTONIOU, Prof., Attikon Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
•Snezana PLESINAC, Assoc. Prof., University of Belgrade, Serbia
•Tanja PREMRU, M.D., University of Ljubjana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
•Milica RANKOVIC JANEVSKI, Prof., Institute of Neonatology, Belgrade, Serbia
•Bülent TIRAŞ, Prof., Private Acıbadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
•Vajdana TOMIC, Prof., University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•Kornelija TRAJKOVA, Prof., University Ob/Gyn Clinic Skopje, Acibadem Sistina Hospital, Macedonia
•Sasa SAVIC, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia Herzegovina
•Stavros SIFAKIS, Prof., University of Crete, Crete, Greece
•Goran STOJKANOVIC, Prof., Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•Nenad SULOVIC, M.D., University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
•Feride SÖYLEMEZ, Prof., Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
•H. Mete TANIR, Prof., Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
•Christos TSKALIDIS, M.D:, General Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
•Selçuk TUNCER, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Bülent URMAN, Prof., Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
•Radu VLADEREANU, Prof., Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
•John WILLIAMS III, Prof., Cedars Sinai Medical Center, LA, USA
•Ömer T. YALÇIN, Prof., Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
•Filiz YANIK, Prof., Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
•Hakan YARALI, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Fehmi YAZICIOĞLU, M.D., Private Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
•Kunter YÜCE, Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Sait YÜCEBİLGİN, Prof., Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
•Hulusi B. ZEYNELOĞLU, Prof., Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
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•Asistant Editors
•R. Atakan AL, Prof., Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
•Hasan Tolga ÇELİK, Assist. Prof., Hacettepe University, Ankara,Turkey
•Ö. Tolga GÜLER, Assoc. Prof., Pamukkale University Denizli, Turkey
•İbrahim KALELİOĞLU, Assoc. Prof., Istanbul University, Çapa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
•Gökçen ÖRGÜL, M.D., Hacettepe University,Ankara, Turkey
•Yasemin TAŞCI, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
•Nafiye YILMAZ, Assoc. Prof., Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Care, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey