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.

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, MD, Department of Maternal Infantile Health, Public Health Faculty, Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo (Brasil)

M. Antonelli, Professor, Istituto Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

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

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

E. Bartoli, MD, Director, Cattedra di Medicina Interna, Università - Novara (Italy)

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

G.R. Corazza, Head, Istituto di Gastroenterologia, Università di Pavia (Italy)

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

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

G.F. Ferraccioli, Head, Rheumatology Institute, 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, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome (Italy)

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

Yi-Chia Huang, School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung (Taiwan)

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

C.L. Lai, University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (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 São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo (Brasil)

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

F. Pandolfi, Internal Medicine Institute, Catholic University of 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, Catholic University of 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)

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

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

B.C.Y. Wong, New Clinical Building, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (China)

Editorial Office Director

Mariella Verduci

Editorial Office Deputy Director

Gianni Lombardi