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Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Adrian RESTIAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dumitru MATEI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Senior Editors

Prof. Viorel ALEXANDRESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Corin BADIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. A.V. CIUREA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Adrian COSTACHE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Adrian GEORGESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
† Prof. Alexandru OPROIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Honorary Editors

Assoc. Prof. Radost ASSENOVA, MD, PhD - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Prof. Sancar BAYAR, MD, PhD - Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Sc. Biserka BERGMAN-MARKOVIĆ, MD, PhD - Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Oleksiy KORZH, MD, PhD - Kharkiv, Ukraine
Prof. Leonas VALIUS, MD, PhD - Kaunas, Lithuania

Coordinating Editors

Prof. Elena ARDELEANU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Luminita BELDEAN, MD, PhD – Sibiu, Romania
Lecturer Constantin CARSTEA, MD, PhD – Brasov, Romania
Lecturer Laura Maria CONDUR, MD, PhD – Constanta, Romania
Prof. Viorela ENACHESCU, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Doina FELEA, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Prof. Eugeniu ILICEA, MD, PhD – Constanta, Romania
Prof. Afilon JOMPAN, MD, PhD – Arad, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Ioan TILEA, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Managing Editor

Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD – Bucharest, Romania

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Viorel ALEXANDRESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Epidemiology)
Prof. Ion ANGHEL, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Otorhinolaryngology)
Prof. Victoria ARAMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Infectious diseases)
Prof. Corin BADIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Endocrinology)
Lecturer Alice BALACEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal Medicine, Cardiology)
Dorin BEGHER, MD – Arad, Romania (Family medicine)
Lecturer Cristian Gabriel BEJAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine)
† Prof. Eugen CIOFU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pediatrics)
Prof. A.V. CIUREA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Neurology)
Assoc. Prof. Adrian COSTACHE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Ultrasonography)
Assoc. Prof. Floarea DAMASCHIN, MD, PhD – Constanta, Romania (Hygiene and ecology)
Assoc. Prof. Habil. Camelia DIACONU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal Medicine)
Prof. Mircea DICULESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Hepato-Gastroenterology)
Vlad DIMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Neonatology)
Prof. Constantin DUMITRU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Neurology)
Assoc. Prof. Antoine EDU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Prof. Dumitru FERECHIDE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal Medicine)
Prof. Adrian GEORGESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pediatrics)
Prof. Ioan GHERGHINA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pediatrics)
Lecturer Liviu GHILENCEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine, Cardiology)
Lecturer Ioana GRAJDEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Adela Mihaela IANCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine)
Acad. Constantin IONESCU-TIRGOVISTE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Diabetes, Nutrition, Metabolism)
Prof. Nicolae IORDACHE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Surgery)
Assoc. Prof. Polliana LERU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal Medicine, Allergology and clinical immunology, Family medicine)
Lecturer Mircea LUPUSORU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine, Physiology)
Assoc. Prof. Mircea MANUC, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Gastroenterology)
Prof. Constantin MARICA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pneumophtisiology)
Alexandru MATEI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Prof. Claudia MEHEDINTU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Prof. Dimitrie NANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Prof. Adriana Sarah NICA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Medical rehabilitation)
Asist. Univ. Adriana NICA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Anesthesia, Intensive care)
Assoc. Prof. Vanda Roxana NIMIGEAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Dentistry)
† Prof. Alexandru OPROIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Hepato-Gastroenterology)
Assoc. Prof. Viorel N. PARVULESCU, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania (Family medicine)
Assist. Prof. Ovidiu Nicolae PENES, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Anesthesiology and Intensive Care)
Prof. Catalina POIANA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Endocrinology)
Assoc. Prof. Ana Maria Alexandra STANESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine, Dermatology)
Prof. Radu VLADAREANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Prof. Radu VOIOSU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Gastroenterology)

INTERNATIONAL BOARD

Assoc. Prof. Radost ASSENOVA, MD, PhD – Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Urology)
Prof. Sancar BAYAR, MD, PhD – Ankara, Turkey (Surgical Oncology)
Prof. Sc. Biserka BERGMAN MARKOVIC, MD, PhD – Zagreb, Croatia (Family medicine)
Prof. Xheladin DRAÇINI, MD, PhD – Tirana, Albania (Surgery)
Astrit M. GASHI, MD – Pristina, Kosovo (Obstetrics-gynecology)
Assoc. Prof. Jean-Pierre JACQUET, MD, PhD – Grenoble, France (Family medicine)
Prof. Oleksiy KORZH - Harkov, Ukraine (Family medicine)
Prof. Serdar OZTORA, MD, PhD – Trakya, Turkey (Family medicine)
Prof. Leonas VALIUS, MD, PhD – Kaunas, Lithuania (Family medicine)