Editor In-Chief
Associate Professor Christos Triantos
Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences
University of Patras, Patras, 26504, Greece, E-mail: chtriantos@hotmail.com
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Associate Professor Panagiotis Alexopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Emmanouil Sinakos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Editors
Associate Professor Sotirios Fouzas, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Eleni Jelastopulu, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Maria Lagadinou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Marios Papasotiriou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Professor Emeritus Nicholas G Kounis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Emerity Editors
Professor Emeritus Konstantinos Chrysanthopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Emeritus Charalampos Gogos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Emeritus Ioannis Tsolakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor Georgios Adonakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Karolina-Anthoula Akinosoglou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Georgios Androutsopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Nikolaos Antonakopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Stelios Assimakopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Martha Assimakopoulou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Anastasios Athanasopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Dionysios Chartoumpekis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Ioannis Christodoulou, General Hospital of Patras Agios Andreas, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Angelos Daniilidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Professor Dimitrios Daoussis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Anna Lisa DeLastic, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Despoina Dimopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Periklis Douzdampanis, General Hospital of Patras Agios Andreas, Patras, Greece
Professor Foteini Fligkou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Stefanos Foinitsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Professor Despoina Gkentzi, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor George Kagadis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Maria Kalafateli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Assistant Professor Katerina Karaivazoglou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Antonios Karanasos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Emeritus Dimitrios Kardamakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Kyriakos Karkoulias, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Konstantinos Katsanos, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Assistant Professor Filippos Klonizakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Assistant Professor Christos Konstantakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Ioannis Kostakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Aggelos Koutras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Evangeli Lampri, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Assistant Professor Lydia Leonidou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Aris Liakos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Professor Stamatis-Nick Liossis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Spilios Manolakopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Professor Markos Marangos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Nikolaos Mastronikolis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Georgios Merekoulias, Private Practice, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Marina Michalaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Haralampos Milionis, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Professor Athanasia Mouzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Ioannis Ntouvas, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Michail Papafaklis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Nikolaos Papathanasiou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Dimitrios Patoulias, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Vasileios Roukos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor George Skroubis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Anastasia Spiliopoulou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Emeritus Argiris Symeonidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Ioulia Syrokosta-Stathopoulou, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Stavros Taraviras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Konstantinos Thomopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Grigorios Tsigkas, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Vasiliki Tzelepi, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Apostolos Vantarakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Dimitrios Velissaris, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor Shomron Ben-Horin, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Professor Emeritus Nick Bouras, King’s College, London, UK
Professor Pierre Ellul, University of Malta, Malta
Professor Vicent Hernandez, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Professor Konstantinos N. Lazaridis, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
Consultant Hepatologist and Professor of Practice, Pinelopi Manousou, Imperial College London, London, UK
Assistant Professor Giulia Roda, Gastroenterology Unit, Ospedale S.orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
Associate Professor, Gerasimos Sykiotis, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Professor Theoharis C Theoharides, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Professor Christos Toumpanakis, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Professor and Honorary Consultant Emmanouil Tsochatzis, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Professor Andreas Tzakis, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Florida, United States
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Dr. Ioanna Aggeletopoulou for scientific editing of the manuscripts.