期刊名称：ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, the official journal of the Italian Society for Pediatrics, is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that includes all aspects of pediatric medicine. The journal also covers health service and public health research that addresses primary care issues.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, which commenced in 1975 as Rivista Italiana di Pediatria, provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine. The journal will continue to develop the range of articles published to enable this invaluable resource to stay at the forefront of the field.
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Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Associate Editors
- Carlo Caffarelli University of Parma, Italy
- Francesca Santamaria Federico II University, Italy
Editorial Board
- Carlo Agostoni University of Milan, Italy
- Jesus Argente Hospital Nino Jesus, Spain
- Giuseppe Buonocore University of Siena, Italy
- Jean Claude Carel CHU Robert Debré, France
- Francesco Chiarelli University of Chieti, Italy
- Mary Conley St Judes Hospital, USA
- Andreas Constantopolous Pediatric University Clinic, Greece
- Giovanni Corsello University of Palermo, Italy
- Paolo Curatolo University of Rome, Italy
- Renato Cutrera Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Italy
- Stenvert Drop Sophia Children's Hospital, Netherlands
- Deniz Ertem Marmara University School of Medicine, Turkey
- Alain Fischer Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, France
- Alfredo Guarino University Federico II, Italy
- Wieland Kiess University of Leipzig, Germany
- Florence Lacaille Necker Hospital, France
- Beverly Lange The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
- Xiaoping Luo Tongji Hospital, China
- Alberto Martini University of Genoa, Italy
- Luigi Daniele Notarangelo Harvard Medical School, USA
- Roger Packer Children’s National Medical Center, USA
- Giorgio Perilongo University of Padua, Italy
- Rodolfo Rey R. Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Argentina
- Maria Grazia Roncarolo San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Italy
- Elie Saliba François Rabelais University, France
- Raanan Shamir Israel
- Olle Soder Karolinska Istitute & University Hospital, Sweden
- Tatsuhiko Urakami Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan
- Anju Virmani Sunderlal jain Hospital, India
- Alan Weindling Liverpool Womens' Hospital, United Kingdom
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