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
Professor Charalampos Gogos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Editors
Associate Professor Stelios Assimakopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Periklis Dousdampanis, Hemodialysis Unit Kyanos Stavros Patras, Achaia, Greece
Professor Spilios Manolakopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Professor Athanasia Mouzaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Emmanouil Sinakos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 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 Ioannis Tsolakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
EDITORIAL BOARD
Associate Professor Karolina Akinosoglou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Panagiotis Alexopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Georgios Androutsopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Georgios Adonakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Martha Assimakopoulou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Anastasios Athanasopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Vasiliki Bravou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Angelos Daniilidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Professor Dimitrios Daoussis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Foteinos Dimitrakopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Theodoros Dimitroulas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Professor George Dimopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Assistant Professor Stefanos Foinitsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Professor Foteini Fligkou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Sotirios Fouzas, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Georgios Germanidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Professor Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Assistant Professor Despoina Gkentzi, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Georgios Glantzounis, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Professor Kostantinos Gyftopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Eleni Jelastopulu, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor George Kagadis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Stavros Kakkos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Christina Kalogeropoulou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Katerina Karaivazoglou, Day Centre for Children with Autism Spectrum and other Developmental Disorders, Messolonghi, Greece
Assistant Professor Kiriakos Karkoulias, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Dimitrios Karnabatidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Nikolaos Karydis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Konstantinos Katsanos, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Associate Professor Konstantinos Katsanos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Efstratios Koletsis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Aggelos Koutras, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Evangeli Lampri, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Associate Professor Vasiliki Labropoulou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Maria Lagadinou, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Evaggelos Liatsikos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Stamatis-Nick Liossis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Markos Marangos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Ioannis Maroulis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Nikolaos Mastronikolis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Marina Michalaki, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Haralampos Milionis, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Associate Professor Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Konstantina Nika, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Dr. Ioannis Ntouvas, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Marios Papasotiriou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor George Papatheodoridis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Associate Professor Aikaterini Patsatsi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate Professor Charalampos Pontikoglou, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Associate Professor George Skroubis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Elena Solomou, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Alexandros Spiridonidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Professor Anargiros Simeonidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Vasiliki Stamatopoulou, 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 Vasiliki Tzelepi, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate Professor Maria Tsironi, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece
Assistant Professor Sofia Tsabouri, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Assistant Professor Grigorios Tsigkas, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Assistant Professor Efstratios Vakirlis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Professor Apostolos Vantarakis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Associate 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
Consultant in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and Senior Visiting Lecturer 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 Honorary Senior Lecturer Pinelopi Manousou, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust, London, UK
Senior Consultant, Giulia Roda, IBD Center, Dept. of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, 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. Katerina Karaivazoglou for English-language editing and Dr. Ioanna Aggeletopoulou for scientific editing of the manuscripts