Romanian Journal of Rhinology

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Codrut Sarafoleanu, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Bucharest, Romania

MANAGING EDITOR
Raluca Enache, MD, PhD
ENT Sarafoleanu Medical Clinic, Bucharest, Romania

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dorin Sarafoleanu, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Bucharest, Romania

Desiderio Passali, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, ENT Clinic, Siena, Italy

Luisa Bellussi, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, ENT Clinic, Siena, Italy

Ranko Mladina, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
The Board of Surgical Sciences, Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia

Michele Cassano, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Philippe Eloy, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of ENT, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium

Dan Fliss, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT&HNS Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Mihail Dan Cobzeanu, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT&HNS Department, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

Dan Cristian Gheorghe, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT Department, M.S. Curie Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Klaus Vogt, Prof. Dr. Dr. med.
Centre of Experimental Surgery, University of Latvia, Rendsburg, Germany

Gabriela Musat, Associated Professor
ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Bucharest, Romania

Adriana Neagos, Associated Professor
Otorhinolaryngology Department, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and
Technology, Targu Mures, Romania

Nuray Bayar Muluk, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey

Dilyana Vicheva, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Wytske Fokkens, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daniel Lupoi, Assistant Professor
ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Bucharest, Romania

Cemal Cingi, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Eskisehir, Turkey

Francesco Maria Passali, Professor
School of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Zsolt Bella, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, University of Szeged,Szeged, Hungary

Peter J Catalano, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Mario Milkov, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Faculty of Dental Medicine, "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria

Mario Rigante, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Nicola Lombardo, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
ENT Unit Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Græcia Catanzaro, Italy

Gaetano Motta, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
"Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania, Napoli, Italy

Elena Patrascu, Assistant Professor
“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Andrei Bajureanu, MD
ENT Department, I.M.S.P. Republican Clinical Hospital, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Eduard Cernolev, MD
ENT Department, I.M.S.P. Republican Clinical Hospital, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Mihai Dumitru, MD, PhD
ENT Department, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Amalia Neagu, MD
ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Juan Antonio Lugo-Machado, Associated Professor
Otolaryngology Department, "Lic. Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta" Specialty Hospital Number 2, IMSS,
Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico

Prepageran Narayanan, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ASSOCIATED EDITORS
Camelia Berghea, Associated Professor
Allergology Department, “Maria Sklodowska Curie” Children Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Cristina Iosif, MD, PhD
Anatomopathology Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Jean Askenasy, Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology, The Assuta Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Ligia Tataranu, Associated Professor
Department of Neurosurgery, “Bagdasar-Arseni” Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Gabriela Bancescu, Professor of Microbiology
Microbiology Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and
Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Roxana Nemes, MD, PhD, FCCP
Functional Exploration Laboratory, “Marius Nasta” Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania

LANGUAGE EDITORS
Oana Topalescu, Topalescu N. Oana – Translator Firm, Galati, Romania

TECHNICAL EDITORS
Attila Parlagi, 4Work International SRL, Bucharest, Romania

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