Masoud Mehrpour ¹ , Babak Zamani ¹ , Mehdi Shadnoush ² , Jamshid Kermanchi ² , Shiva Hozhabri ² , Mohammad Aghaali ³ , Ashfaq Shuaib ⁴ , Ehsan Sharifipour <sup>3*

1</sup> Iranian Stroke Association, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
² Deputy of national transplantation and disease management center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
³ Iranian Stroke Association, Neuroscience Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
⁴ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Ehsan Sharifipour, MD; Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Research Center (NSRC), Qom University of Medical Sciences, ShahidBeheshti hospital, Shahid-Beheshti street, Qom, Iran. Tel: +989125035828; Email: , Email: Sharifipour.e@gmail.com