Folia Medica is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary medical journal, published bimonthly by Medical University of Plovdiv. It is available in an electronic version. It is issued exclusively in English publishing review articles, original research papers, case reports, and letters to the editor by Bulgarian and foreign authors. Received ma**scripts are accepted for publication only after they have be
en rigorously reviewed by independent experts in the respective fields, the reviewers remaining anonymous to the authors. The journal is published under the strict supervision of an Editorial Board which consists of: Editor-In-Chief, Deputy Editor-In-Chief, Science Editors and Members - 33 Bulgarian and 13 foreign members (USA, Russia, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Greece) who are all Doctors of Medical Sciences. Scope - the journal accepts materials in the following fields: medicine, dental medicine, pharmacology, public health and health care. Priority topics include: integrative biology, experimental medicine, clinical and therapeutic aspects of socially significant diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, neoplastic disorders, etc.), dentistry, public health, ecology and health. All published articles are in full compliance with the current Uniform Requirements for Ma**scripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.