Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Editorial

Author

1 Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;

2 Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;

3 Department of Artificial Intelligence, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

10.30476/ijms.2026.51511

Highlights

Manica Negahdaripour (Google Scholar)

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