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Vol 16 Issue 1

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Vasile Burlui, Prof. PhD, Member of the
Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi-Romania)

DEPUTY EDITOR
Sorin Andrian, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
Peter Gogalniceanu, MRCS (London-UK)

SECRETARY EDITOR
Andrei Georgescu, Assist. Prof. (Iasi-Romania)

PRODUCTION EDITOR
Virgil FATU, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi – Romania)

EDITORIAL BOARD
– Adriana Balan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Irina Draga Caruntu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy(Iasi-Romania)
– Vasile Chirita, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Iasi-Romania)
– Morris Clark, Prof. DDS Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Anesthesiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Colorado
– Devis Cohen, Prof. PhD (Tel Aviv-Israel)
– George Costin, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Horia Dumitriu, Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest-Romania)
– Constantin Fatu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Calina Gogalniceanu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Gianina Iovan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Silvia Martu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Catalina Morarasu, Prof. PhD (Saint Paul USA)
– Sami Sandhaus, Prof. PhD(Lausanne-Switzerland)
– Carmen Stadoleanu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Carol Stanciu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Romanian Academy (Iasi-Romania)
– J.R. Strub, Prof. PhD (Freiburg-Germany)
– Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu, Prof. PhD,Member of the Romanian Academy (Iasi-Romania)

ADVISORY BOARD
– Peter H. Abrahams, Prof. PhD. London, UK
– Maher Almasri, MD. PhD. London, UK
– Grigore Baciut, Prof. PhD (Cluj-Napoca-Romania)
– Shlomo Barak, PhD (Tel Aviv-Israel)
– Daniela Boisteanu, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Associate Member of the Medical Science Academy(Iasi-Romania)
– Alexandru Bucur, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania)
– Roxana Chirita, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Yves Commissionat, Prof. PhD MD (Paris-France)
– Vito Cosella, (Napoli Italy)
– Dan Gogalniceanu, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Arvintin Golz, (Tel Aviv Israel)
– Rodica Greenberg, PhD (Tel-Aviv-Israel)
– Andrei Iliescu, Prof. PhD, Member of the Medical Sciences Academy (Bucharest-Romania)
– Claude Matasa, Prof. PhD (San Diego-USA)
– Adam Maxim, Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– George Morarasu, Prof. PhD (Minnesota Roseville USA)
– Luciano Polli, (Pisa Italy)
– Sorin Popsor, Prof. PhD (Tg Mures-Romania)
– Herve Reychler, Prof. (Brussels-Belgium)
– Mariana Sabau, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Sibiu-Romania)
– Dragos Stanciu, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania)
– Teodor Traistaru, Prof. PhD (Bucharest-Romania)
– Georgeta Zegan, Assoc. Prof. PhD (Iasi-Romania)
– Dieter Wember-Mathes, Prof. PhD (Koln-Germany)

Translator: Cristina Irimia

Executive secretary: Carmen Emanuela Barbalata




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