GENERAL DIRECTOR
Oscar Vidal Gutiérrez
School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
EDITOR IN CHIEF
José Félix Vilchez Cavazos
Continuous Medical Education, Orthopedic Service of the School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
EDITOR
David Gómez Almaguer
Hematology Service of the School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
ASSISTANT EDITORS
José Carlos Jaime Pérez
Hematology Service of the School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Carlos Alberto Acosta Olivo
Orthopedic Service of the School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Alfredo Arias Cruz
Clinical Immunology and Allergy Service of the School of Medicine and the “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
EDITORIAL BOARD
Hugo Alberto Barrera Saldaña
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Guillermo J. Ruiz Argüelles
Hematology and Internal Medicine Center, Ruiz Clinic of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
BIOSTATISTICS ADVISOR
Mario Alberto Simental Mendía
Bone and Tissue Bank, “Dr. José Eleuterio González” University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND STYLE
Emma Bertha García Quintanilla
Juan Pablo Figueroa Delgado
EDITORIAL COMMITEE
Ariel Ernesto Arias Ramírez
Pharmacy School at the University of Montréal, Ottawa, Canada
Alejandro C. Arroliga
Scott & White, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, USA
Norbert W. Brattig
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
María de los Ángeles Castro Corona
Immunology Service of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Ricardo M. Cerda Flores
School of Nursing of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Adrián Chapa-Rodríguez
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of LSU Health Sciences Center- Shreveport, Lousiana, USA
Salvador Cruz Flores
Department of Neurology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
José Alberto González González
Gastroenterology Service of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Oscar González Llano
Hematology Service of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Patricia Judith Bertha de Gortari Gallardo
Neuroscience Direction at the National Institute of Psychiatry of the UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Forriol Campos
Department of Clinical Sciences at the School of Medicine at the Montepríncipe Campus, University of San Pablo CEU, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Elvira Garza González
Gastroenterology Service of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
José Luis Iglesias Benavides
Obstetrics and Gynecology Service of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Patricia Ileana Joseph Bravo
Department of Developmental Genetics and Molecular Physiology of the Biotechnology Institute at the UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Susana Kofman Alfaro
Genetics Unit of the General Hospital of México, Mexico City, Mexico
David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz
School of Medicine of the UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco López Jiménez
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA
Xavier López Karpovitch
Department of Hematology and Oncology of the "Salvador Zubirán" National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico
Laura E. Martínez de Villarreal
Department of Genetics of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Nahum Méndez Sánchez
Department of Biomedical Research, "Clínica Médica Sur" Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
Claudia Elizalde Molina
School of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
Isaías Rodríguez Balderrama
Department of Pediatrics of the School of Medicine and the "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Guillermo J. Ruiz Delgado
Hematology and Internal Medicine Center, Ruiz Clinic of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
José Javier Sánchez Hernández
Department of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Microbiology, at the School of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Josep Maria Segur Vilalta
Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Services, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Gregorio A. Sicard
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Lyuba Varticovski
Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Annapolis, USA
Joseph Varon
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA
Jordi Sierra Gil
Hematology Service at the "Santa Creu i Sant Pau" Hospital, Barcelona, Spain