Editors

Prof. A.V. GRECO, M.D., Prof. A. GASBARRINI*, M.D.
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria
*Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Semeiotica Medica
Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital – Rome (Italy)

Assistant Editors

M. Gabrielli, M.D.; F. Cremonini*, M.D.; F. Buccelletti, M.D.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)
*Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

Editorial Secretary: V. Mora

EDITORIAL BOARD

J.M. ALDRIGHI, Department of Maternal Infantile Health, Public Health Faculty, Universidade de S‹o Paulo, S‹o Paulo (Brasil)

M. ANTONELLI, Professor, Istituto Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

T.K. BANERJEE, Consultant and Head, Department of Neurology, National Neurosciences Center Calcutta, Peerless Hospital Campus, Panchasayar, Garia, Kolkata (India)

W. BRADY, Professor of Emergency Medicine & Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA (USA)

M.C. CAPOGROSSI, Head, Laboratorio di Patologia Vascolare, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Rome (Italy)

IVO CASAGRANDA, Head, Emergency Department "Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo" General Hospital, Alessandria; Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, University of Pavia; Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine "Amedeo Avogadro", University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)

G.R. CORAZZA, Head, Istituto di Gastroenterologia, University of Pavia (Italy)

D. CURRO', Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

S. DI SOMMA, Head, Emergency Medicine, Chairmen postgraduate school of Emeregncy Medicine, Second Medical School, University La Sapienza, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome (Italy)

J. EDLOW, Vice-chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (USA)

S. FAGIUOLI, Chair, Division of Gastroenterology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo (Italy)

G.F. FERRACCIOLI, Head, Rheumatology Institute, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

FRANCESCO FRANCESCHI, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

J.J. GAGLIARDINO, Chairman, Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, La Plata University; Head of CENEXA (UNLP-CONICET), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes, La Plata (Argentina)

G. GASBARRINI, Head, Internal Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

C. GIUSTI, Department of Ophthalmology, Campus Biomedico, University of Rome (Italy)

T.H. JAFAR, Head, Section of Nephrology, Head, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Departments of Medicine & Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi (Pakistan)

S.-P. JIANG, Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, GuangZhou (China)

J. LIU, Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing (China)

A.D. MARAIS, Lipidology Division of Internal Medicine, University of Cape Town, Health Science Faculty, Cape Town (South Africa)

F. MEGRAUD, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, C.H.U. Pellegrin Place Amelie Raba-Leon, Bordeaux Cedex (France)

D. MION, Chief, Hypertension Unit, Nephrology Division, University of S‹o Paulo School of Medicine, S‹o Paulo (Brasil)

F. NERVI, Head, Division de Medicina, Universidad Catolica, Santiago (Chile)

F. PANDOLFI, Internal Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

B. PETERSEN, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (USA)

C. RICORDI, Chief, Division of Cellular Transplantation, Scientific Head and Chief Academic Officer, Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL (USA)

G. SCAMBIA, Head, Dipartimento di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

DON D. SIN, St. Paul's Hospital, and James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

AMERICO TESTA, Emergency Department, Policlinico Abano Terme, Padova (Italy)

Y. YAMAOKA, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology (111D), Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affaire, Houston, Texas (USA)

Editorial Office Director

Mariella Verduci

Editorial Office Deputy Director

Gianni Lombardi