Founder and Publisher
HRVATSKI LIJEČNIČKI ZBOR

For Publisher
ŽELJKO KRZNARIĆ

Editor-in-Chief
BRANIMIR ANIĆ

Secretary of the Editorial Board
Željko Ferenčić

Secretary of the Editorial Office
Draženka Kontek

Croatian Language Revision
Branko Erdeljac

English Language Revision
Mirjana Marečić

Descriptors
Anamarija Laboš

Front Page
KONTRAST

Technical Board
Josip Vlahović

Typesetting
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Web page
Alen Babacanli

ADVISORY BOARD

President
Mladen Belicza, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb)

Secretary
Miroslav Hromadko, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb)

Members Nada Čikeš, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb) – Hedviga Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York) – Ivica Kostović, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb) – Ante Padjen, Department of Pharmacy and Therapy, School of Medicine, McGill University (Montreal) – Marko Pećina, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb) – Dinko Podrug, State University of New York (New York) – Marko Turina, University Hospital of Zürich (Zürich)
EDITORIAL BOARD Branimir Anić, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine University Hospital Centre Zagreb (Zagreb); Anko Antabak, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Clinic of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb (Zagreb); Branka Aukst Margetić, Sestre milosrdnice Clinical Hospital Center, Daily Hospital for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Alen Babacanli, Emergency Center of the Clinical Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice Zagreb (Zagreb); Ivan Bojanić, Clinic for Orthopedics Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Boris Brkljačić, Department of diagnostic and interventional radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Venija Cerovečki, Department of Family Medicine, “Andrija Stampar” School of Public Health, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Mislav Čavka, Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Željko Ferenčić, Division of Pathology and Cytology at the Children’s Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb (Zagreb); Božo Krušlin, Department of pathology and cytology, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, School of Medicine (Zagreb); Martin Kuhar, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Zagreb); Julije Meštrović, Clinical Hospital Center Split, School of Medicine University of Split (Split); Mislav Planinc, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb (Zagreb); Dražen Pulanić, Department of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Duje Rako, Polyclinic “Croatia“ (Zagreb); Željko Reiner, Department of Metabolic Diseases Clinic for Internal Medicine Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Zdenko Sonicki, Department of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, School of Public Health “Andrija Štampar“, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Davor Štimac, Clinic for Internal Medicine Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, School of Medicine University of Rijeka (Rijeka); Adriana Vince, Department of Digestive System Infections Clinic for Infectious Diseases Zagreb, School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Zagreb); Miroslav Župčić, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, School of Medicine University of Rijeka (Rijeka)
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Jurgen Deckert, Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy Center for Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany) – Patrick Erik Eppenberger, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich (Zürich, Switzerland) – Michael Fuchsjäger, Medical University of Graz (Graz, Austria) – Primož Gradišek, University Medical Centre Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia) – Andrej Grajn,Manchester Royal Infirmary (Manchester, UK) – Emir Q. Haxhija, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University Graz (Graz, Austria) – Tomas Jovaisa, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania) – Jamin Kashwa, University Hospital Foundation Trust (London, UK) – Živko Steven Pavletić, Clinical Research Center Bethesda (Bethesda, USA) – Semir Vranic, College of Medicine Qatar University (Doha, Qatar)
Edition
7850 primjeraka

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