Editors
Editor-in-Chief:
J. John Mann, Columbia University, USA
Managing Editor:
Associate Editors:
Tomasz Buczek , Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Joanna Rybka , Nicolaus Copernicus University, Colegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Leszek Kuik , Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Sebastian Niedźwiecki , Medical University of Łódź, Poland
Joanna Świątecka , Nicolaus Copernicus Hospital in Toruń, Poland
Aleksandra Woderska , University Hospital Nicolaus Copernicus University, Colegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Editorial Advisory Board:
Peter J. Barnes, Imperial College School of Medicine, UK
Robert Bartlett, University of Michigan Medical Center, USA
Eugene Braunwald , Partners Health Care System, Inc., USA
Geoffrey Burnstock , Royal Free and University College Medical School, UK
Gautam Chaudhuri, University of California- Los Angeles, USA
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, New York Medical College, USA
Rod J. Flower, The William Harvey Research Institute, UK
Stephen T Holgate, Southampton General Hospital, UK
Morley D. Hollenberg, University of Calgary, Canada
Graham R. V. Hughes, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, UK
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh , Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA
Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard Medical School, USA
Maria Kopp, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Hungary
Andrzej Krolewski, Harvard University, USA
Harlan Krumholz , Yale University, USA
Asim Kurjak, University of Zagreb Medical School, Croatia
Dan L. Longo, National Institutes of Heath, USA
Thomas F. Luscher, University of Zurych, Switzerland
Tadeusz Malinski, Ohio University, USA
JoAnn E. Manson, Harvard University, USA
Charles Nemeroff, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Andrzej Szczeklik , Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Poland
Eric Topol , Case Western Reserve University, USA
John L. Wallace, University of Calgary, Canada
J. Robin Warren , University of Western Australia, Australia
Witold Zatoński, Cancer Centre-Institute of Oncology,
Editors:
Andrology and sexuology
Jolanta Słowikowska-Hilczer, Department of Andrology and Reproductive Endocrinology Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Anesthesiology and intensive care
Armin Sablotzki, St. Georg Hospital, Germany
Wolfgang Zin , University of Regensburg, Germany
Cardiology
Marcin Barylski , Department of Internal Disease and Cardiological Rehabilitation Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Anna Kostopoulou , Onasis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, Greece
Josef Veselka, Department of Cardiology of Cardiovascular Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
Marcin Grabowski , 1st Department of Cardiology Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Clinical microbiology and infections diseases
Dilek Erer, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Krassimir Metodiev , Department of Immunology Medical University in Varna, Bulgaria
Dental medicine
Wolfgang Arnold, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
Dermatology
Andrea Szegedi, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Branka Marinovic , University Department of Dermatology and Venereology in Zagreb, Croatia
Endocrinology
Tsvetalina Tankova, Clinical Centre of Endocrinology Medical University in Sofia, Bulgary
Gastroenterology
Edmund J. Bini, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Harish Iyer, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Giuseppe Benagiano, Department of Gynaecological Sciences University 'la Sapienza' in Rome, Italy
Tomas Fait , Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Immunology and allergology
Lydie Izakovicova Holla, Department Pathological Physiology of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Marta Baleva, Department of Allergology Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria
Voja Pavlovic , Institute of Physiology Medical Faculty in Nis, Serbia
František Gazdík, Department of Immunology and Immunotoxicology Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Radek Spisek, Institute of Immunology Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Internal medicine
Arnon Blum, Baruch-Padeh Poria Hospital, Israel
Harish Iyer, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Otolaryngology
Yohanna Takwoingi, Department of Otolaryngology in Birmingham, UK
Medical genetics
Damjan Glavac , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arvids Irmejs, Riga Stradina University, Latvia
Despina Sanoudou, Biomedical Research Foundation, Greece
Molecular and experimental medicine
Damjan Glavac , Uniersyty of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Alina Woźniak, Department of Biology Medical University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Martin Jaburek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Jerzy Naskalski , Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
Nephrology
Ligia Petrica, Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharm “acy Timisoara, County Emergency Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Timişoara, Romania
Neurology
Gabor G. Kovacs , Institute of Neurology (Obersteiner Institute), Medical University in Vienna, Austria
George Perry, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Lucia Urdzikova , Institute of Experimental Medicine in Prague, Czech Republic
Borut Peterlin , University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Oncology
Tanja Cufer, University Clinic Golnik, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elena S. Gershtein, Russian N.N.Blokhin Cancer Research Center RAMS in Moscow, Russia
Alexander Julianov ,1st Department of Surgery Thracian University Hospital in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Ophthalmology
Petr Soucek , Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Orthopedics
Christian Lüring, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Regensburg, Germany.
Pediatrics and neonatology
Ingeborg Barišić, Department of Paediatrics, Children's University Hospital Zagreb,
Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pharmacology and toxicology
Tomasz Baczek, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Damianka Getova, Medical University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Witold Musial, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Vladimir Polshakov , Chemical-Pharmaceutical Research Institute in Moscow, Russia
Psychiatry and neuropsychiatry
Tomasz Sobow, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotic Disorders Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Public health, epidemiology and biostatistics
Renata Adamek, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Paweł Lewek, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Przemyslaw Kardas , 1st Department of Family Medicine Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Borislava Mihaylova, Department of Public Health University of Oxford, UK
Surgery and transplantology
Raimundas Lunevicius , 2nd Dpartment of Adominal Surgery Vilnius University Emergency Hospital, Lithuania
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Gianluigi Bisleri, Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Brescia Medical School, Italy
Vascular surgery
Dragan J. Milic, Depertment of General and Vascular Surgery in Nis, Serbia
Urology
Dominic Prezioso, Department of Urology "Federico II' University in Naples, Italy
Language Editors:
Sally H. Ebeling, USA, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Olubukunola Oseni-Olalemi, University of California at Davis, USA
Mary N. Wessling, USA
Cathrine Yin , USA
Sue Shichen Yin
, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Technical Editor:
Matuesz Wietecha, Poland
