Folia Medica

olia Medica is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary medical journal, published quarterly by Plovdiv Medical University. Paper-based at the beginning, it is now available also in an electronic version. Issued exclusively in English, Folia Medica publishes review articles, original research papers, rapid communications, brief reports, case reports, and letters to the editor. Received manuscripts are accepted for publication only after they have been 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. Scope – the journal accepts manuscripts in the following fields: medicine, dental medicine, pharmaceutics, public health and health care. Priority topics include: aetiology, molecular genetics, pathogenetics, experimental medicine, clinical and therapeutic aspects of socially significant diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, neoplastic disorders, etc.), ecology and health, reconstructive dentistry, integrative biology.