Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

International Editorial Board

Fernando Azpiroz (Barcelona, Spain)
Daniel Dhumeaux (Creteil, France)
Petr Dite (Brno, Czech Republik)
Douglas A. Drossman (Chapel Hill,NC,USA)
Peter Ferenci (Vienna, Austria)
Jean-Paul Galmiche (Nantes, France)
Colin Howden (Chicago, IL, USA)
John R. Lake (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Frank Lammert (Homburg/Saar, Germany) Grigorios Leontiadis (Hamilton, ON, Canada) Peter Malfertheiner (Magdeburg, Germany)
Rui Tato Marinho (Lisbon, Portugal)
Francesco Marotta (Milan, Italy)
John F. Mayberry (Leicester, UK)

Chris J.J. Mulder (Amsterdam, NL)
Manuela G. Neuman (Toronto, Canada)
Piero Portincasa (Bari, Italy)
Chris Probert (Bristol, UK)
Claudio Puoti (Rome, Italy)
Eamonn M.M. Quigley (Cork, Ireland)
Vlad Ratziu (Paris, France)
Michael Sackmann (Bamberg, Germany)
David Sanders (Sheffield, UK)
Husain A. Saleh (Detroit, MI, USA)
Eugene R. Schiff (Miami, FL, USA)
Manfred Singer (Mannheim, Germany)
Guido N.J. Tytgat (Amsterdam, NL)
Radu Tutuian (Zurich, Switzerland)

Editorial Review Board

Vasile Andreica (Cluj, Romania)
Radu I. Badea (Cluj, Romania)
Mircea Diculescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Cristian Gheorghe (Bucharest, Romania)
Liana Gheorghe (Bucharest, Romania)
Adrian Goldis (Timisoara, Romania)
Mircea Grigorescu (Cluj, Romania)
Oliviu Pascu (Cluj, Romania)
Irinel Popescu (Bucharest, Romania)

Paul Jurgen Porr (Sibiu, Romania)
Adrian Săftoiu (Craiova, Romania)
Ioan Sporea (Timişoara, Romania)
Carol Stanciu (Iaşi, Romania)
Coman Tanasescu (Bucharest, Romania)
Eugen Târcovean (Iaşi, Romania)
Anca Trifan (Iasi, Romania)
Liviu Vlad (Cluj, Romania)
Mihai Voiculescu (Bucharest, Romania)

English language Editor

Sally Wood-Lamont (Cluj, Romania)

Biostatistical Consultant

Teodora Mocan (Cluj, Romania)

Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (President: Prof. Mircea Diculescu, Cluj)
Romanian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (President: Assoc. Prof. Marcel Tanţău, Bucuresti)
Romanian Association for the Study of the Liver (President: Prof. Mihai Voiculescu, Bucuresti)
Romanian Society of Neurogastroenterology (President: Assoc. Prof. Vasile Drug, Iasi)

The web site of the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology is www.srgh.ro

Thank to our international Reviewers 2012

The Editorial Committee of the Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases thanks most sincerely to the outstanding
personalities listed below for their contribution as reviewers of submitted manuscripts in 2012. Without their expertise
we would not have succeeded with the quality that we have achieved in the development of our journal. The number of
manuscripts received this year has reached 700, and will hopefully increase even more in the next years.
The list of these reviewers has been also published on the website of our journal www.jgld.ro.


Annese Vito, Florence, Italy Argent Richard, Nottingham, UK Badea Radu, Cluj, Romania Balcerczak Ewa, Lodz, Poland Böcker Ulrich, Mannheim, Germany Bosserhof Anja Katrin, Regensburg, Germany Bruha Radan, Prague, Czech Republic Cash Brooks, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Ciaccio J. Edward, NY, USA de Bolos Carme, Barcelona, Spain de Bree Eelco, Heraklion, Greece de Domenico Ivana, Salt Lake City, UT, USA de Knegt Robert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Dumitrascu Dan Lucian, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Eckardt Alexander, Wiesbaden, Germany Feraioli Giovanna, Pavia, Italy Ferrante Marc, Leuven, Belgium Geboes Karel,Leuven, Belgium Gheorghe Cristian, Bucuresti, Rominia Gheorghe Liana, Bucuresti, Romania Ghia Paolo, Milano, Italy Giorgio Antonio, Naples, Italy Greten Tim, Bethesda, MD, USA Grigorescu Mircea, Cluj, Rominia Gyokeres Tibor, Budapest, Hungary Haas Stephan, Stockholm, Sweden Habermann Nina, Heidelberg, Germany Hareskov Larsen Michael, Odense, Denmark Jensen Lars Henrik, Vejle, Denmark Kim Sangmi, North Carolina, USA Kowalczyk Edward, Lodz, Poland Kupcinskas Limas, Kaunas, Lithuania Ladas D. Spiros, Athens, Greece Lassau Nathalie, Villejuif, France Lukas Milan, Prague, Czech Republic Lupsor Monica, Cluj, Romania Maconi Giovanni, Milan, Italy Galle R.Peter, Mainz, Germany		McNulty Cliodna, Gloucester, UK Meucci Gianmichele, Como, Italy Michel Lebel, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Miraglia Roberto, Palermo, Italy Molina Infante Javier, Caceres, Spain Moucari Rami, Clichy, France Netea Mihai, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Nicolau Carlos, Barcelona, Spain Niederle M. Ina, Mainz, Germany Niesler Beate, Heidelberg, Germany Omar Salem, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pascu Oliviu, Cluj, Romania Patil Vrishali, Detroit, MI,USA Paulik Edit, Szeged, Hungary Pointon Jenny, Oxford, UK Rana Surinder, Chandigarh, India Regis Gabriella, Turin, Italy Richter Piotr, Krakow, Poland Rickes Steffen, Halberstadt , Germany Sadik Riadh, Goteborg, Sweden Saftoiu Adrian, Craiova, Romania Salvatore Veronica, Bologna, Italy Sanders David, Sheffield, UK Schaff Zsuzsa, Budapest, Hungary Selaru Florin, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Siriwardena K. Ajith., Manchester, United Kingdom Sparchez Zeno, Cluj Napoca, Romania Sporea Ioan, Timisoara, Rominia Sugimoto Mitsushige, Hamamatsu, Japan Thalheimer Ulrich, London, UK Tursi Antonio, Andria, Italy Tutuian Radu, Bern, Switzerland Valle Guido, Foggia, Italy Vermehren Johannes, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Volta Umberto, Bologna, Italy Wex Thomas, Magdeburg, Germany Zullo Angelo, Rome, Italy

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2011 Impact Factor: 1.811
ISI Journal Citation Reports: 2010 ranking 49/72 (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
JGLD on line: ISSN 1842-1121.
CME Credits: 5 (Colegiul Medicilor Romania)
CNCSIS Category A journal.

Publishing House: Medical University Press Cluj, Romania

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