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)
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (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, MD, Professore, Istituto Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)

R. Ariens, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, University of Leeds - Leeds (UK)

T.K. Banerjee, MD, FRCP (London), Consultant and Head, Dept of Neurology, National Neurosciences Center Calcutta, Peerless Hospital Campus, Panchasayar, Garia - Kolkata (India)

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

M.C. Capogrossi, MD, Director, Laboratorio di Patologia Vascolare, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata - Rome (Italy)

M.E Cooper, MD, Head, Vascular Division, Baker Heart Research Institute - Melbourne Victoria (AUS)

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

G.F. Ferraccioli, MD, Clinica di Reumatologia, Com-plesso Integrato Columbus, Catholic University, of Sacred Heart - Rome (Italy)

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

G. Gasbarrini, MD, Director, Istituto di Medicina Interna, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)

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

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

C.L. Lai, MD, University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital - Hong Kong (China)

G. Leone, MD, Director, Istituto Ematologia, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)

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

S. Mancuso, MD, Director, Professor & Chairman, Istituto Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)

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

A. Maseri, MD, Director, Istituto di Cardiologia, S. Raffaele - Milano (Italy)

D. Mion, MD, Chief, Hypertension Unit, University of São Paulo General Hospital, Nephrology Division, University of São Paulo School of Medicine - São Paulo (Brasil)

F. Nervi, MD, Director, Departamento de Gastroente-rologia, Universidad Catolica - Santiago (Chile)

G. Palasciano, MD, Director, Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Public Medicine, University Medical School - Bari (Italy)

F. Pandolfi, MD, Internal Medicine Institut, Catholic University - Rome (Italy)

G. Scambia, MD, Professore Associato, Dipartimento Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Catholic University, Agostino Gemelli Hospital - Rome (Italy)

P. Sharma, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City, MO (USA)

Don D. Sin, MD, St. Paul’s Hospital, and James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC (Canada)

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

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

Editorial Office Director

Mariella Verduci

Editorial Office Deputy Director

Gianni Lombardi