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COORDINATING BOARD

Acad. Constantin IONESCU-TIRGOVISTE

ROMANIAN MEDICAL ASOCIATION | ASOCIAȚIA MEDICALĂ ROMÂNĂ

Prof. Daniel CORIU, MD, PhD

ROMANIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS | COLEGIUL MEDICILOR DIN ROMANIA

† Acad. Mircea IFRIM

ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ACADEMIA DE ȘTIINȚE MEDICALE

Editor-in-Chief

Assoc. Prof. Ana-Maria-Alexandra STANESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Honorary Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Caleb E. FINCH, MD, PhD – Los Angeles, USA

Prof. Viorel JINGA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Honorary Founding Editor

Grigore BUSOI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Senior Editors

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

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

† Prof. Habil. Dan RIGA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Acad. Sorin RIGA – Bucharest, Romania

Associate Editors

Senior Lecturer Mihaela Daniela BALTA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Ion-Christian CHIRICUTA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Lecturer Ioana Veronica GRAJDEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Marinela van den HEUVEL-OLAROIU, MD, PhD – Groeningen, Netherlands

Assoc. Prof. Florin-Dan POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Konstantinos VAKALIDIS, MD, PhD – Thessaloniki, Greece

Honorary Editors

Prof. Carmela ABRAHAM, MD, PhD – Boston, USA

Prof. Emanoil CEAUSU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Leonid P. CHURILOV, MD, PhD – Saint Petersburg, Russia

Prof. Viorela ENACHESCU, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania

Prof. Aubrey D.N.J. de GREY, MD, PhD – Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prof. Oleksiy KORZH, MD, PhD – Kharkiv, Ukraine

Eleonora LUKA, MD, PhD – Geneva, Switzerland

Acad. Gheorghe TIBIRNA – Kishinev, Republic of Moldova

Editorial Secretaries

Violeta DIACONITA, MD – Bucharest, Romania

Daniela POPESCU, MD – Bucharest, Romania

Managing Editors

Grigore IUGA – Targu Mures, Romania

Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD – Bucharest, Romania

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Viorel ALEXANDRESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Epidemiology)
Prof. Elena ARDELEANU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania (Cardiology)
Prof. Corin BADIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Epidemiology)
Senior Lecturer Mihaela Daniela BALTA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family Medicine)
Prof. Constantin BOGDAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Geriatrics-gerontology)
Prof. Octavian BUDA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (History of medicine, Psychiatry)
Grigore BUSOI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Dragos BUMBACEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pneumology)
Prof. Emanoil CEAUSU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Infectious diseases)
Assoc. Prof. Mihai CEAUSU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pathology)
Prof. Ion-Christian CHIRICUTA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Radiology, Oncology)
Violeta DIACONITA, MD – Bucharest, Romania (Occupational health)
Vlad DIMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Neonatology)
Prof. Dan DUMITRASCU, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Neurogastroenterology)
Prof. Viorela ENACHESCU, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania (Gastroenterology)
Lecturer Ioana Veronica GRAJDEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Cristian GUJA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Metabolic diseases)
Assoc. Prof. Razvan HAINAROSIE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (ENT)
Assoc. Prof. Lorant HECSLER, MD, PhD – Tg. Mures, Romania (Legal medicine)
Prof. Jean HURJUI, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (Geriatrics)
Prof. Mirela MANEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Psychiatry)
Prof. Dumitru MATEI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Family medicine, Gastroenterology)
Prof. Traian MIHAESCU, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (Pneumology)
Prof. Dana MINCA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Social medicine)
Prof. Mihai NECHIFOR, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (Pharmacology)
Prof. Dan OLTEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal medicine, Gastroenterology)
Prof. Gelu ONOSE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Recovery, Balneology, Geriatrics)
Assoc. Prof. Diana Loretta PAUN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Epidemiology)
Assoc. Prof. Sorin PAUN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Gastroenterology)
Assist. Prof. Ovidiu Nicolae PENES, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Anesthesiology and Intensive Care)
Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu PETRIS, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (Internal medicine)
Daniela POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pediatrics)
Assoc. Prof. Florin-Dan POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Allergology)
Mihai Cezar POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Internal medicine)
Acad. Sorin RIGA – Bucharest, Romania (Stressology, Adaptology, Mental health)
Prof. Laurentiu SORODOC, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (Internal medicine, Emergency medicine)
Prof. Catalina TUDOSE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Psychiatry)
Assoc. Prof. Alexandru ULICI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Pediatric orthopedics)
Assoc. Prof. Silviu VOINEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (Surgical oncology)
Prof. Viorel ZAINEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (ENT)

INTERNATIONAL BOARD

Prof. Carmela ABRAHAM, MD, PhD – Boston, USA (Brain research, Neurogerontology)
Assoc. Prof. Radost ASSENOVA, MD, PhD – Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Urology)
Prof. Sancar BAYAR, MD, PhD – Ankara, Turkey (Surgery, Oncological surgery)
Assoc. Prof. Roxana CARARE, MD, PhD – Southampton, United Kingdom (Neurosciences)
Prof. Ilya CHANUKVADZE, MD, PhD – Tbilisi, Georgia (General surgery)
Prof. Leonid P. CHURILOV, MD, PhD – Saint Petersburg, Russia (Clinical pathophysiology)
Prof. Xheladin DRAÇINI, MD, PhD – Tirana, Albania (Surgery)
Prof. Caleb E FINCH, MD, PhD – Los Angeles, USA (Neurobiology, Gerontology)
Prof. Aubrey D.N.J. de GREY, MD, PhD – Cambridge, United Kingdom (Regenerative medicine)
Marinela van den HEUVEL-OLAROIU, MD, PhD – Groeningen, Netherlands (Family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Jean-Pierre JACQUET, MD, PhD – Grenoble, France (Family medicine)
Prof. Oleksiy KORZH, MD, PhD – Kharkiv, Ukraine (Family medicine)
Eleonora LUKA, MD, PhD – Geneva, Switzerland (innovative, holistic, orthomolecular medicine)
Mihai NEAGU, MD, PhD – Freiburg, Germany (Medical history, Psychiatry)
Prof. Serdar ÖZTORA, MD, PhD – Edirne, Turkey (Family medicine)
Vitalie SCRIPNIC, MD, PhD – Kishinev, Republic of Moldova (General physiology, Adaptology)
Acad. Gheorghe TIBIRNA – Kishinev, Republic of Moldova (Oncology)
Konstantinos VAKALIDIS, MD, PhD – Thessaloniki, Greece (Surgical urology)
Prof. Leonas VALIUS, MD, PhD – Kaunas, Lithuania (Family medicine)

We are very grateful to our
Past Editors

Steluta GEORGESCU-MARIUTAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
George HABER, MD, PhD – Alba Iulia, Romania
Cristina ISAR, MD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Afilon JOMPAN, MD, PhD – Arad, Romania
Cristian Sever OANA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Sabin OPREA, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Rodica TANASESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania