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www.ramb.org.brEditor-in-chief
Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Co-editors
José Maria Soares Jr.
Wanderley M. Bernardo
Administrative Co-editor
Paula Jereissati
Managing Editor
César Teixeira
Associated Editors
Albert Bousso
Sérgio C. Nahas
Auro Del Giglio
Claudia Leite
Edna Frasson de S. Montero
Eduardo F. Borba
Elias Jirjoss Ilias
Isabela Giuliano
José Maria Soares Jr.
Lucia Pellanda
Paulo Kassab
Acupuncture
Pedro Cavalcante
Márcia Lika Yamamura
João Bosco Guerreiro
Allergy and immunology
Alexandra Sayuri Watanabe
Ana Paula Beltran Moschione Castro
Luisa Karla de Paula Arruda
Anesthesiology
Oscar César Pires
Rogean Rodrigues Nunes
Mário José da Conceição
Maria Angela Tardelli
Angiology and vascular surgery
Pedro Pablo Komlós
Vasco Lauria da Fonseca
Ivan Benaduce Casella
Winston Bonetti Yoshida
Fausto Miranda Jr.
Cardiology
Robson Freitas de Moura
Amândio Soares Fernandes Jr.
José Alberto L. Nogueira
Cardiovascular surgery
Domingo Marcolino Braile
Rui Almeida
Fernando Ribeiro Moraes Neto
Citopatology
Letícia Maria Correia Katz
Luiz Martins Collaço
Clinical neurophysiology
Carlos Otto Heise
Clinical pathology/laboratory medicine
Silvana Maria Elói Santos
Alfredo José Afonso Barbosa
José Eymard Homem Pittella
Alvaro Pulchinelli Jr.
Coloproctology
Fábio G. Campos
Dermatology
Andrelou Fralete Ayres Vallarelli
Denise Steiner
Mário Cezar Pires
Hélio Amante Miot
SPECIALTY EDITORS
Rossana Pulcineli
V. Francisco
Werther B. W. de Carvalho
Linamara Batistella
Ruy Jorge Cruz Jr.
International Editors
Frida Leonetti
Geltrude Mingrone
Giuseppe Barbaro
Digestive endoscopy
Everson Luiz Almeida Artifon
Digestive surgery
Bruno Zilberstein
Nelson Andreollo
Osvaldo Malafaia
Carlos Eduardo Jacob
Endocrinology and metabolism
Victória Zeghbi Cochenski
Borba
Alexis Dourado Guedes
Gastroenterology
André Castro Lyra
Antonio Carlos da Silva Moares
João Galizzi Filho
Raquel Canzi Almada de Souza
General medical clinic
Fernando Sabia Tallo
Geriatrics and gerontology
Francisca Magalhães Scoralick
Gynecology and obstetrics
Jurandyr Moreira de Andrade
Rosiane Mattar
Hand surgery
Luiz Koiti Kimura
Giana Silveira Giostri
Carlos Henrique Fernandes
Antonio Carlos da Costa
Head and neck surgery
Flávio Carneiro Hojaij
José Guilherme Vartanian
Leandro Luongo Matos
Ullyanov Bezerra Toscano de
Mendonça
Hepatology
Edna Strauss
Carlos Eduardo Brandão
de Mello
Francisco J. Dutra Souto
Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt
Homeopathy
Silvia Irene Waisse de
Priven
Legal medicine and medical examinations
José Jozafran B. Freite
Nephrology
João Egidio Romão Jr.
Marcus Gomes Bastos
Paulo Novis Rocha
Neurology
Carlos Alberto Mantovani
Guerreiro
Rubens José Gagliardi
Neurosurgery
José Marcus Rotta
Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo
Guilherme Brasileiro
de Aguiar
Roberto Sérgio Martins
Nuclear medicine
George Barberio C. Filho
Ricardo Cavalcante Q. Fonseca
Bárbara Juarez Amorim
Sérgio Altino de Almeida
Nutrition
Vivian Suen
Ana Lucia dos Anjos
Ferreira
Durval Ribas Filho
Oncology
Robson Freitas de Moura
Amândio Soares Fernandes Jr.
José Alberto L. Nogueira
Ophthalmology
Renato Ambrósio Jr.
Mauro Nishi
Orthopedics and traumatology
Marco Kawamura Demange
Benno Ejnisman
Daniel Soares Baumfeld
Alex Guedes
Robinson Esteves Santos Pires
Otolaryngology and facial surgery
Eduardo Macoto Kosugi
Myriam de Lima Isaac
Gustavo Korn
Joel Lavinsky
EDITORIAL BOARD
Marcelo Marotti
Walter Ageno
Michael Farkonk
Junior Editors
Fernando Ramos de Mattos
Gabriel Liguori
Parenteral and enteral nutrition
José Eduardo de Aguilar Siqueira
do Nascimento
Pathology
Alfredo José Afonso Barbosa
José Eymard Homem Pittella
Pediatric surgery
José Roberto de Souza Baratella
José Carlos Soares de Fraga
Antonio Aldo de Melo Filho
Physical medicine and
rehabilitation
Sergio Lianza
Marcelo Riberto
Psychiatry
Itiro Shirakawa
Helena Naria Calil
João Romildo Bueno
Sergio Tamai
Pulmonology and thoracic
Valéria Maria Augusto
José Antônio Baddini
Martinez
Marcelo Basso Gazzana
Aquiles Assunção Camelier
Radiology and imaging diagnosis
Dante Luiz Escuissato
Luciana Costa Silva
Radiotherapy
Eduardo Weltman
Ícaro Thiago de Carvalho
Gustavo Nader Marta
Arthur Accioly Rosa
Rheumatology
Paulo Louzada Jr.
Urology
Marcos Tobias Machado
Ari Adami Jr.
Lucas Mendes N. Nogueira
José Carlos I. Truzzi