On behalf of the Owner of the Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism Association 
A. Sadi Gündoğdu,  İstanbul, Turkey

Editor-in-Chief 
Nilgün Başkal,  Ankara, Turkey

Associate Editors
Neşe Çolak, İstanbul, Turkey
Abdurrahman Çömlekçi, İzmir, Turkey 
Murat Faik Erdoğan, Ankara, Turkey

Statistical Consultant
Atilla Elhan, Ankara, Turkey

English Editors
İlke Erkeskin, İstanbul, Turkey
Maria Erkeskin, İstanbul, Turkey 

Editorial Board
Sema Akalın, İstanbul, Turkey
M. Faruk Alagöl, İstanbul, Turkey 
Yalçın Aral, Ankara, Turkey 
Metin Arslan, Ankara, Turkey 
Göksun Ayvaz, Ankara, Turkey
Ömer Azal, Ankara, Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Balcı, Antalya, Turkey 
David Baylınk, Loma Linda, USA 
Fahri Bayram, Kayseri, Turkey
Sevinç Biberoğlu, İzmir, Turkey 
Erol Cerasi, Jerusalem, Israel 
Bekir Çakır, Ankara, Turkey
Nuri Çakır, Ankara, Turkey
Berrin Çetinarslan, Kocaeli, Turkey 
Ahmet Çorakçı, Ankara, Turkey
Leslie J. DeGroot, Chicago, USA
Hatice Sebila Dökmetaş, Sivas, Turkey 
Belgin Efe, Eskişehir, Turkey
Tomris Erbaş,  Ankara, Turkey
Gürbüz Erdoğan, Ankara, Turkey
Önder Ersöz, Trabzon, Turkey 
Herbert Fleisch, Pully, Switzerland 
John W. Funder, Victoria, USA
Olcay Gedik, Ankara, Turkey
Hossein Gharip, Minnesota, USA
Serdar Güler, Ankara, Turkey
Sevim Güllü, Ankara, Turkey 
Sadi Gündoğdu, İstanbul, Turkey 
Alper Gürlek, Ankara, Turkey 
Nilgün Güvener, İstanbul, Turkey 
Hüsrev Hatemi, İstanbul, Turkey
Hasan İlkova, İstanbul, Turkey 
Şazi İmamoğlu, Bursa, Turkey 
Larry Jameson, Evanston, USA
Taylan Kabalak, İzmir, Turkey
Pınar Kadıoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey
Ümit Karayalçın, Antalya, Turkey
Ahmet Kaya, Konya, Turkey
Fahrettin Keleştimur, Kayseri, Turkey 
Mustafa Kutlu, Ankara, Turkey
Pierre J. Lefebvre, Chicago, USA 
Gökhan Özgen, İzmir, Turkey
Bilgin Özmen, Manisa, Turkey 
İlhan Satman, İstanbul, Turkey
Füsun Saygılı, İzmir, Turkey 
Tümay Sözen, Ankara, Turkey 
Refik Tanakol, İstanbul, Turkey 
Tamer Tetiker, Adana, Turkey
Vedia Tonyukuk Gedik, İzmir, Turkey
Ercan Tuncel, Bursa, Turkey 
Aydan Usman, Ankara, Turkey 
Ali Rıza Uysal, Ankara, Turkey 
A.P. Weetman, Sheffield, UK 
Sena Yeşil, İzmir, Turkey 
Candeğer Yılmaz, İzmir, Turkey